Kartikeya Pragna Vivardhana Stotram lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
स्कन्द उवाच ।
योगीश्वरो महासेनः कार्तिकेयोऽग्निनन्दनः ।
स्कन्दः कुमारः सेनानीः स्वामी शङ्करसम्भवः ॥ 1 ॥
skanda uvācha ।
yōgīśvarō mahāsēnaḥ kārtikēyō'gninandanaḥ ।
skandaḥ kumāraḥ sēnānīḥ svāmī śaṅkarasambhavaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
Skanda speaks: Yogīśvara (lord of all yogis), Mahāsēna (the great army-commander), Kārtikēya (son of the Kṛttikā stars), Agninandana (delight of Agni/fire), Skanda (the spear-wielder who leaps), Kumāra (the ever-youthful), Sēnānī (the general), Svāmī (the lord), Śaṅkarātmaja (son of Śaṅkara) — these are my names; know them and recite them with faith.
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Verse 2
गाङ्गेयस्ताम्रचूडश्च ब्रह्मचारी शिखिध्वजः ।
तारकारिरुमापुत्रः क्रौञ्चारिश्च षडाननः ॥ 2 ॥
gāṅgēyastāmrachūḍaścha brahmachārī śikhidhvajaḥ ।
tārakārirumāputraḥ krauñchāriścha ṣaḍānanaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
Gāṅgēya (son of the Gaṅgā), Tāmrachūḍa (the copper-crested / red-plumed), Brahmachārī (the celibate student of divine wisdom), Śikhidhvaja (whose banner is the peacock), Tārakāri (enemy and slayer of Tāraka), Umāputra (son of Umā), Krauñchāri (destroyer of Krauñcha mountain), Ṣaḍānana (the six-faced one) — these are my names; recite them for the growth of wisdom.
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Verse 3
शब्दब्रह्मसमुद्रश्च सिद्धः सारस्वतो गुहः ।
सनत्कुमारो भगवान् भोगमोक्षफलप्रदः ॥ 3 ॥
śabdabrahmasamudraścha siddhaḥ sārasvatō guhaḥ ।
sanatkumārō bhagavān bhōgamōkṣaphalapradaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
Śabdabrahmasamudra (the ocean of Sound-Brahman), Siddha (the accomplished perfected one), Sārasvata (embodiment of Sarasvatī's grace and eloquence), Guha (the secret inner one), Sanatkumāra (the eternal youth, one of the four mind-born sons of Brahmā), Bhagavān (the lord endowed with all divine qualities), Bhōgamōkṣaphalaprada (granter of both worldly enjoyment and final liberation) — these too are my names.
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Verse 4
शरजन्मा गणाधीशपूर्वजो मुक्तिमार्गकृत् ।
सर्वागमप्रणेता च वाञ्छितार्थप्रदर्शनः ॥ 4 ॥
śarajanmā gaṇādhīśapūrvajō muktimārgakṛt ।
sarvāgamapraṇētā cha vāñChitārthapradarśanaḥ ॥ 4 ॥
Śarajanmā (born in the reed beds), Gaṇādhīśapūrvaja (elder brother of Gaṇeśa, lord of the Gaṇas), Muktimārgakṛt (creator of the path of liberation), Sarvāgamapraṇētā (revealer of all the sacred āgamas), Vāñchitārthapradarśana (shower of all that is wished for) — these are my twenty-eight names, each filled with mantra-power. Recite them and receive their full blessing.
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Verse 5
अष्टाविंशतिनामानि मदीयानीति यः पठेत् ।
प्रत्यूषे श्रद्धया युक्तो मूको वाचस्पतिर्भवेत् ॥ 5 ॥
aṣṭāviṃśatināmāni madīyānīti yaḥ paṭhēt ।
pratyūṣē śraddhayā yuktō mūkō vāchaspatirbhavēt ॥ 5 ॥
Whoever recites these twenty-eight names of mine each morning at dawn with faith and devotion — even one who is mute becomes like Vācaspati, the lord of sacred speech. This is the infallible power of my names.
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Verse 6
महामन्त्रमयानीति मम नामानुकीर्तनम् ।
महाप्रज्ञामवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ 6 ॥
mahāmantramayānīti mama nāmānukīrtanam ।
mahāprajñāmavāpnōti nātra kāryā vichāraṇā ॥ 6 ॥
The recitation of my names — each of which is filled with great mantra-power — bestows great wisdom (mahāprajñā) on the reciter. There is not the slightest doubt in this. Recite my names with faith and intelligence shall grow boundlessly within you.
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Verse 7
इति श्रीरुद्रयामले प्रज्ञाविवर्धनाख्यं श्रीमत्कार्तिकेयस्तोत्रम् ॥
iti śrīrudrayāmalē prajñāvivardhanākhyaṃ śrīmatkārtikēyastōtram ॥
Thus ends the Śrī Kārtikeya Stotram known as the Prajñāvivardhana — the increaser of wisdom — from the Śrī Rudrayāmala Tantra.
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