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Karthikeya Ashtakam in Odia · ଓଡ଼ିଆ
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Skanda Purana, Kashi Khanda (श्रीस्कान्दे काशीखण्डे) · Traditional (Skanda Purana) · Puranic
The Karthikeya Ashtakam appears in the Kashi Khanda of the Skanda Purana, the great Purana named after Skanda himself. In Kashi (Varanasi), Lord Kartikeya is worshipped as a guardian of the sacred city, and this hymn of eight salutations celebrates him as the six-faced son of Shiva and Gauri, born of fire and the Ganga and nursed by the Krittikas, the commander who slew the demons Taraka and Krauncha. Built entirely on the word 'namo'stu', it is a hymn of pure surrender, recited to remove suffering and to gain the Lord's all-fulfilling grace.
✦ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ କୁହାଯାଇଥିବା ପରି
The second verse hails Kartikeya as 'the destroyer of the suffering of all who bow to him' and 'the fulfiller of every heart's wish'; devotees of Kashi hold that sincere recitation of these eight salutations turns away grief and danger and brings the Lord's protecting grace.
ଅର୍ଥ ସହିତ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ ପାଠ
ଯେକୌଣସି ଧାଡ଼ି କିମ୍ବା ▶ ବଟନ୍ ଛୁଇଁ ଶୁଣନ୍ତୁ
ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ଵୃନ୍ଦାରକଵୃନ୍ଦଵନ୍ଦ୍ଯପାଦାରଵିନ୍ଦାଯ ସୁଧାକରାଯ। ଷଡାନନାଯାମିତଵିକ୍ରମାଯ ଗୌରୀହୃଦାନନ୍ଦସମୁଦ୍ଭଵାଯ॥ ୧॥
namo'stu vṛndārakavṛndavandyapādāravindāya sudhākarāya। ṣaḍānanāyāmitavikramāya gaurīhṛdānandasamudbhavāya॥ 1॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Salutation to him whose lotus-feet are worshipped by the host of the gods, who is gracious as the moon, the six-faced one of boundless valour, who arose as the very joy of Gauri's heart.
ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତୁଭ୍ଯଂ ପ୍ରଣତାର୍ତିହନ୍ତ୍ରେ କର୍ତ୍ରେ ସମସ୍ତସ୍ଯ ମନୋରଥାନାମ୍। ଦାତ୍ରେ ରଥାନାଂ ପରତାରକସ୍ଯ ହନ୍ତ୍ରେ ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡାସୁରତାରକସ୍ଯ॥ ୨॥
namo'stu tubhyaṃ praṇatārtihantre kartre samastasya manorathānām। dātre rathānāṃ paratārakasya hantre pracaṇḍāsuratārakasya॥ 2॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Salutation to you, destroyer of the suffering of those who bow, fulfiller of every wish of all, giver of (victory in) chariot-battle, slayer of the great Taraka, the fierce demon.
ଅମୂର୍ତମୂର୍ତାଯ ସହସ୍ରମୂର୍ତଯେ ଗୁଣାଯ ଗଣ୍ଯାଯ ପରାତ୍ପରାଯ। ଅପାରପାରାଯ ପରାପରାଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତୁଭ୍ଯଂ ଶିଖିଵାହନାଯ॥ ୩॥
amūrtamūrtāya sahasramūrtaye guṇāya gaṇyāya parātparāya। apārapārāya parāparāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śikhivāhanāya॥ 3॥
ଅର୍ଥ:To him who is formless yet with form and of a thousand forms, the (one) quality beyond counting, higher than the highest, the further shore of the shoreless, beyond near and far — salutation to you, rider of the peacock.
ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଵିଦାଂ ଵରାଯ ଦିଗମ୍ବରାଯାମ୍ବରସଂସ୍ଥିତାଯ। ହିରଣ୍ଯଵର୍ଣାଯ ହିରଣ୍ଯବାହଵେ ନମୋ ହିରଣ୍ଯାଯ ହିରଣ୍ଯରେତସେ॥ ୪॥
namo'stu te brahmavidāṃ varāya digambarāyāmbarasaṃsthitāya। hiraṇyavarṇāya hiraṇyabāhave namo hiraṇyāya hiraṇyaretase॥ 4॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Salutation to you, foremost of the knowers of Brahman, sky-clad yet dwelling in the heavens, of golden hue and golden arms; salutation to the golden one, born of the golden seed.
ତପଃସ୍ଵରୂପାଯ ତପୋଧନାଯ ତପଃଫଲାନାଂ ପ୍ରତିପାଦକାଯ। ସଦା କୁମାରାଯ ହି ମାରମାରିଣେ ତୃଣୀକୃତୈଶ୍ଵର୍ଯଵିରାଗିଣେ ନମଃ॥ ୫॥
tapaḥsvarūpāya tapodhanāya tapaḥphalānāṃ pratipādakāya। sadā kumārāya hi māramāriṇe tṛṇīkṛtaiśvaryavirāgiṇe namaḥ॥ 5॥
ଅର୍ଥ:To him who is the very form of austerity, whose treasure is austerity, who bestows the fruits of all austerities, the eternal Kumara, the slayer of (the pride of) Mara, who counts lordship as a mere blade of grass in his dispassion — salutation.
ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତୁଭ୍ଯଂ ଶରଜନ୍ମନେ ଵିଭୋ ପ୍ରଭାତସୂର୍ଯାରୁଣଦନ୍ତପଙ୍କ୍ତଯେ। ବାଲାଯ ଚାବାଲପରାକ୍ରମାଯ ଷାଣ୍ମାତୁରାଯାଲମନାତୁରାଯ॥ ୬॥
namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarajanmane vibho prabhātasūryāruṇadantapaṅktaye। bālāya cābālaparākramāya ṣāṇmāturāyālamanāturāya॥ 6॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Salutation to you, O all-pervading one born in the reeds, whose rows of teeth glow like the red of the dawning sun; the child of more-than-childlike prowess, the son of the six mothers, who is wholly free of distress.
ମୀଢୁଷ୍ଟମାଯୋତ୍ତରମୀଢୁଷେ ନମୋ ନମୋ ଗଣାନାଂ ପତଯେ ଗଣାଯ। ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ଜନ୍ମଜରାତିଗାଯ ନମୋ ଵିଶାଖାଯ ସୁଶକ୍ତିପାଣଯେ॥ ୭॥
mīḍhuṣṭamāyottaramīḍhuṣe namo namo gaṇānāṃ pataye gaṇāya। namo'stu te janmajarātigāya namo viśākhāya suśaktipāṇaye॥ 7॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Salutation to the most bountiful, more giving than the giving; salutation to the lord of the ganas, the gana himself; salutation to you who have passed beyond birth and old age; salutation to Vishakha who bears the mighty Shakti in his hand.
ସର୍ଵସ୍ଯ ନାଥସ୍ଯ କୁମାରକାଯ କ୍ରୌଞ୍ଚାରଯେ ତାରକମାରକାଯ। ସ୍ଵାହେଯ ଗାଙ୍ଗେଯ ଚ କାର୍ତିକେଯ ଶୈଵେଯ ତୁଭ୍ଯଂ ସତତଂ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ॥ ୮॥
sarvasya nāthasya kumārakāya krauñcāraye tārakamārakāya। svāheya gāṅgeya ca kārtikeya śaiveya tubhyaṃ satataṃ namo'stu॥ 8॥
ଅର୍ଥ:To the prince of the Lord of all, the foe of Krauncha, the destroyer of Taraka — O son of Svaha, son of Ganga, O Kartikeya, son of Shiva — to you be salutation for ever.
ଇତି ସ୍କାନ୍ଦେ କାଶୀଖଣ୍ଡତଃ ଶ୍ରୀକାର୍ତିକେଯାଷ୍ଟକଂ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣମ୍॥
iti skānde kāśīkhaṇḍataḥ śrīkārtikeyāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam॥
ଅର୍ଥ:Thus ends the Sri Karthikeya Ashtakam from the Kashi Khanda of the Skanda Purana.
ଶବ୍ଦ-ଶବ୍ଦ ଅର୍ଥ
ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ଯେକୌଣସି ଶବ୍ଦରେ କ୍ଲିକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
Karthikeya Ashtakam ପାଠର ଲାଭ
An eight-verse hymn (ashtakam) from the Skanda Purana (Kashi Khanda) gathering the great names of Lord Kartikeya
Each verse is built on 'namo'stu' (salutation), making it a powerful prayer of surrender and adoration
Praised as the destroyer of the suffering of those who bow (pranata-arti-hantr) — recited to remove distress
Invokes the slayer of Taraka and Krauncha — a prayer for victory over obstacles and inner enemies
Held to fulfil every wish (kartre samastasya manorathanam) by Murugan's grace
Suited to recitation on Tuesdays, Krittika nakshatra, Skanda Shashthi and at Kashi and Murugan shrines
Karthikeya Ashtakam ପାଠ ବିଧି
Bathe and sit before an image of Lord Kartikeya with his peacock and Vel. Recite all eight verses with devotion, feeling each 'namo'stu' as a bow at his feet, and close with the colophon naming its source in the Skanda Purana. It may be chanted daily; many recite it for relief from suffering and for the fulfilment of cherished wishes.
ବାରମ୍ବାର ପଚରାଯାଉଥିବା ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ
ଏଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଧ୍ୟ ପଢ଼ନ୍ତୁ
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ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ Karthikeya Ashtakam ଶ୍ଳୋକ-ଶ୍ଳୋକ ଅର୍ଥ ସହିତ ପଢ଼ନ୍ତୁ, କିମ୍ବା ଅଧିକ ପବିତ୍ର ପାଠ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ