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Kartikeya Trishati
Kartikeya Trishati
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śrīkumāratriśatīśatī śrīkumāratriśatīśatī śatruñjayatriśatīśatī oṃasyaśrīkumāratriśatīmahāmantrasyamārkaṇḍeyaḍeyaṛṣiḥḥ| anuṣṭupchandaḥ|kumāraṣaṇmukhomukhodevatā|kumāraiti bījam| śākhaiti śaktiḥ|viśākhaśākhaiti kīlakam|nejameṣaityargalamlam| kārtikeyakeyaiti kavacam|ṣaṇmukhamukhaiti dhyānamānam|| dhyānamānam- dhyāyetāyetṣaṇmukhamindukoṭisadṛśaṃśaṃratnaprabhāśobhitaṃtaṃ bālārkadyutiṣaṭkirīṭavilasatlasatkeyūrahārānvitam tam| karṇālambitakuṇḍalapravilasadgaṇḍasthalāśobhitaṃtaṃ kāñcīkaṅkaṇakiṅkiṇīravayutaṃṇīravayutaṃśaṛṅgārasārodayamārasārodayam|| dhyāyedīpsitasiddhidaṃdaṃbhavasutaṃśrīdvādaśākṣaṃguhaṃ kheṭaṃkukkuṭamaṅkuśaṃśaṃcavaradaṃpāśaṃdhanuścakrakamkam| vajraṃśaktimasiṃcaśūlamabhayaṃdorbhirdhṛtaṃtaṃṣaṇmukhaṃmukhaṃ devaṃcitramayūravāhanagataṃmayūravāhanagataṃcitrāmbarālaṅkṛtamtam|| oṃarindamaḥmaḥkumāraśca guhasskandomahābalaḥ| rudrapriyoyomahābāhurāgneyaścamaheśvaraḥraḥ||1|| rudrasutosutogaṇādhyakṣaḥugrabāhurguhāśrayaḥyaḥ| śarajovīrahāugrolohitākṣaḥsulocanaḥ||2|| mayūravāhanaḥśreṣṭhaḥśatrujicchatrunāśanaḥunāśanaḥ| ṣaṣṭhīpriya umāputraḥḥkārtikeyokeyobhayānakaḥ||3|| śaktipāṇirmaheṣvāsoāsomahāsenaḥsanātanaḥ| subrahmaṇyoyoviśākhaścabrahmaṇyoyobrāhmaṇapriyaḥyaḥ||4|| nejameṣomahāvīraḥśākhodhūrtoraṇapriyaḥyaḥ| śrīkumāratriśatīśatī corācāryo vihartācasthaviraḥraḥsumanoharaḥ||5|| praṇavoṇavodevaseneśodakṣodarpaṇaśobhitaḥtaḥ| bālarūpopobrahmagarbhobhīmo(50) bhīmaparākramaḥmaḥ||6|| śrīmānīmānśiṣṭaḥśuciḥḥśīghraḥśāśvataḥtaḥśikhivāhanaḥvāhanaḥ| bāhuleyoleyobṛhadbāhurbaliṣṭhobalavānbalī lī| ekavīromahāmānyaḥ ḥsumedhāroganāśanaḥ| raktāmbaroromahāmāyībahurūpopogaṇeśvaraḥraḥ||8|| iṣuhasto omahādhanvī īkrauñcabhidaghanāśakaḥdaghanāśakaḥ|bhiccāghanāśakaḥāghanāśakaḥ( ) bālagrahohobṛhadrūpoūpomahāśaktirmahādyutiḥ||9|| ugravīryomahāmanyuḥ uḥrucirororudrasambhavaḥvaḥ| bhadraśākhośākhomahāpuṇyoyomahotsāhaḥ āhaḥkalādharaḥ||10|| nandikeśapriyoyodevolalitotolokanāyakaḥ| vidvattamomovirodhighnoviśokośokovajradhārakaḥdhārakaḥ||11|| śrīkaraḥīkaraḥsumanāḥsūkṣmaḥsughoṣaḥsukhadaḥsuhṛtt(100) | vahnijanmāharidvarṇaḥsenānīrevatīpriyaḥyaḥ||12|| ratnārcīrañjanonovīroviśiṣṭaḥśubhalakṣaṇaḥṇaḥ| arkapuṣpārcitaḥtaḥśuddhovṛddhikāgaṇasevitaḥtaḥ||13|| kuṅkumāṅgomahāvegaḥkūṭasthaḥ ḥkukkuṭadhvajaḥjaḥ| svāhāpriyoyograhādhyakṣaḥpiśācagaṇasevitaḥtaḥ||14|| mahottamomomahāmukhyaḥ ḥśūromahiṣamardanaḥnaḥ| vaijayantī īmahāvīryo devasimho odṛḍhavrataḥtaḥ||15|| ratnāṅgadadharodadharodivyoraktamālyānulepanaḥānulepanaḥ| duḥsahoḥsahodurlabhobhodīptogajārūḍhoḍhomahātapaḥ||16|| yaśasvīvimalomalovāgmīmīmukhamaṇḍīḍīsusevitaḥtaḥ| kāntiyuktovaṣaṭkāroāromedhāvīmekhalīmahāna||17|| netāniyatakalyāṇoāṇodhanyodhuryodhṛtavrataḥtaḥ(150) | pavitraḥpuṣṭidaḥdaḥpūrtiḥpiṅgalaḥlaḥpuṣṭivardhanaḥnaḥ||18|| manoharomahājyotiḥḥpradiṣṭomahiṣāntakaḥkaḥ| śrīkumāratriśatīśatī ṣaṇmukhomukhoharaputraścamantragarbhovasupradaḥdaḥ||19|| variṣṭhovaradovedyovicitrāṅgovirocanaḥrocanaḥ| vibudhāgracarocarovettāviśvajittviśvapālakaḥpālakaḥ||20|| phaladomatidodomālīmuktāmālāvibhūṣaṇaḥbhūṣaṇaḥ| munistutoutoviśālākṣonadīsutaśca vīryavānvān||21|| śakrapriyaḥyaḥsukeśaśca puṇyakīrtiranāmayaḥranāmayaḥ| vīrabāhuḥḥsuvīryaśca svāmīāmībālagrahānvitaḥtaḥ||22|| raṇaśūraḥsuṣeṇaśca khaṭvāṅgīkhaḍgadhārakaḥdhārakaḥ| raṇasvāmīāmīmahopāyaḥśvetachatraḥpurātanaḥ||23|| dānavāriḥḥkṛtīkāmīśatrughno(200) gaganecaraḥ| sulabhaḥsiddhidaḥdaḥsaumyaḥsarvajñaḥsarvatomukhaḥtomukhaḥ||24|| asihastovinītātmāsuvīroviśvatomukhaḥtomukhaḥ| daṇḍāyudhīḍāyudhīmahādaṇḍaḥḍaḥsukumārohiraṇmayaḥmayaḥ||25|| ṣāṇmāturomāturojitāmitrojayadaḥpūtanānvitaḥ taḥ| janapriyoyomahāghorojitadaityojayapradaḥdaḥ||26|| bālapālogaṇādhīśobālaroganivārakaḥvārakaḥ| jayījitendriyoyojaitrojagatpāloālojagatprabhuḥbhuḥ||27|| jaitrarathaḥrathaḥpraśāntaścasarvajiddaityasūdanaḥsūdanaḥ| śobhanaḥsumukhaḥśāntaḥkaviḥḥsomojitāhavaḥtāhavaḥ||28|| maruttamomobṛhadbhānurbṛhatsenoenobahupradaḥdaḥ| sudṛśyoyodevasenānīḥtārakārirguṇārṇavaḥ vaḥ||29|| mātṛguptoomahāghoṣo(250) bhavasūnuḥkṛpākaraḥ| ghoraghuṣyoobṛhaddyumnodhanurhastaḥsuvardhanaḥnaḥ||30|| kāmapradaḥdaḥsuśipraścabahukārokāromahājavaḥ| goptātrātātā(260) dhanurdhārīrīmātṛcakranivāsinaḥ naḥ||31|| ṣaḍaśriśaḥśaḥṣaḍaraṣaṭkoodvādaśākṣodviṣaḍbhujaḥjaḥ| ṣaḍakṣaraḥraḥṣaḍarciścaṣaḍaṅgaḥṣaḍanīkavat||32|| śrīkumāratriśatīśatī śarvaḥsanatkumāraścasadyojātojātomahāmuniḥḥ| raktavarṇaḥśiśuścaṇḍoḍohemacūḍaḥsukhapradaḥdaḥ||33|| suhetiraṅganā''śliṣṭomātṛkāgaṇasevitaḥtaḥ| bhūtapatirgatātaṅkoonīlacūḍakavāhanaḥ||34|| vacadbhūrudrabhūścaivaivajagadbhūḥūḥbrahmabhūḥbhūḥtathā| bhuvadbhūrviśvabhūścaivaivamantramūrtirmahāmanuḥhāmanuḥ|| vāsudevapriyaścaiva aivaprahlādabalasūdanaḥādabalasūdanaḥ| kṣetrapālopālobṛhadbhāsoāsobṛhaddevo'riñjayaḥyaḥ(301) ||36|| iti śrīkumāratriśatīśatīsamāptāā|
About this stotram — Subrahmanya
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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