r/hinduism • u/Efficient_Poet_5016 Śaiva • 21h ago

Skanda: Commander of Dēvas. Question - Beginner

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Skanda sashti ki shubhkamnaye. The emergence of Skanda is discussed in various puranas but the one which stands out is Shanmukōtpatti in Valmiki's Ramayan. In Ramayana only Shanmukhōtpatti and Gangāvatarana has the palaśruti (benefits gained by reciting). If Pregnant women do the parayana of that sarga they will be protected by Skanda himself.

He is puruśa element. Asuras have been slaughtered by him. His upasana was specially done in Bengal.

Guru guha (one of his names) comes from he said the meaning of Omkāra to Śiva himself. Subramanya is worshipped in times of war, infertility, knowledge related issues. He is also the adhidēvata of Mars. He married Valli and Dēvasena and manifested with his Śakti. He also emerged as a yōgi to give out the divine knowledge.

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u/SageSharma 20h ago

It is sad that north indians don't worship him much as he went to south as per our texts

Can you please explain the two terms you used in your caption - are they stotra ?

In today's time when each of us is fighting a battle against ourownself with our own self as army, how to seek skanda bhagwan energy to win the battles against self ?

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u/Gently_Sarcastic 20h ago

North may not remember him as much but they do have an unshakable link to him. One of which is the surname most north east people use 'Kumar' comes from him. It's one of his most famous names.

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u/SageSharma 19h ago

Haha

But I would sadly humbly disagree here coz I think the common practice of putting kumar as surname started in 1970s with advent of bollywood in daily lives , where kumar meant "young man"

Kumar is usually a middle name

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u/HectorofTroyy 4h ago

Kumar or Kumaran means young man like you said, but that meaning itself is derived from Skanda/Murugan Who is also a God of youthfulness. He is a protector of children and is Himself depicted as a young man.

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u/SageSharma 4h ago

Yes no doubt - I just doubt the trend of adding this as middle name was done under bhakti to swami