Sri Karthikeya Ashtakam – śrī kārtikēyāṣṭakam

stōtranidhi → śrī subrahmaṇya stōtrāṇi → śrī kārtikēyāṣṭakam

agastya uvāca |
namō:’stu br̥ndārakabr̥ndavandya-
-pādāravindāya sudhākarāya |
ṣaḍānanāyāmitavikramāya
gaurīhr̥dānandasamudbhavāya || 1 ||

namō:’stu tubhyaṁ praṇatārtihantrē
kartrē samastasya manōrathānām |
dātrē rathānāṁ paratārakasya
hantrē pracaṇḍāsuratārakasya || 2 ||

amūrtamūrtāya sahasramūrtayē
guṇāya gaṇyāya parātparāya |
apārapārāya parāparāya
namō:’stu tubhyaṁ śikhivāhanāya || 3 ||

namō:’stu tē brahmavidāṁ varāya
digambarāyāmbarasaṁsthitāya |
hiraṇyavarṇāya hiraṇyabāhavē
namō hiraṇyāya hiraṇyarētasē || 4 ||

tapaḥ svarūpāya tapōdhanāya
tapaḥ phalānāṁ pratipādakāya |
sadā kumārāya himāramāriṇē
tr̥ṇīkr̥taiśvarya virāgiṇē namaḥ || 5 ||

namō:’stu tubhyaṁ śarajanmanē vibhō
prabhātasūryāruṇadantapaṅktayē |
bālāya cābālaparākramāya ṣā-
-ṇmāturāyālamanāturāya || 6 ||

mīḍhuṣṭamāyōttaramīḍhuṣē namō
namō gaṇānāṁ patayē gaṇāya |
namō:’stu tē janmajarātigāya
namō viśākhāya suśaktipāṇayē || 7 ||

sarvasya nāthasya kumārakāya
krauñcārayē tārakamārakāya |
svāhēya gāṅgēya ca kārtikēya
śaivēya tubhyaṁ satataṁ namō:’stu || 8 ||

iti śrīskāndē mahāpurāṇē kāśīkhaṇḍē pañcaviṁśatitamō:’dhyāyē śrī kārtikēyāṣṭakam |

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