SUBRAHMANYA · STOTRAM

Kartikeya Stotram

కార్తికేయస్తోత్రమ్

Kartikeya Stotram is a traditional Subrahmanya devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

<poem> śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrī skanda uvāca yogīśvaro mahāsenaḥ kārtikeyo'gninaṃdanaḥ | skandaḥ kumāraḥ senānī svāmī śaṃkarasambhavaḥ || gāṃgeyastāmracūḍaśca brahmacārī śikhidhvajaḥ | tārakārirumāputraḥ krauñcāriśca ṣaḍānanaḥ || śabdabrahma samudraśca siddhaḥ sārasvato guhaḥ | sanatkumāro bhagavān bhoga mokṣa phalapradaḥ || śarajanmā guṇādīśaḥ pūrvajo mukti mārgakṛt | sarvāgama praṇetā ca vāñchitārtha pradarśanaḥ || aṣṭāviṃśati nāmāni madīyānīti yaḥ paṭhet | pratyūṣam śraddhayā yukto mūko vācaspatirbhavet || mahāmantramayā nīti mama nāmānukīrtanam | mahāprajñāmavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || || iti śrī rudrayāmale prajñāvivardhanākhyam śrīmatkārtikeyastotram saṃpūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Subrahmanya through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of कार्तिकेयस्तोत्रम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 91928, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.