Kartikeya stotramकार्तिकेय स्कन्द स्तोत्रम् కార్తికేయ స్కన్ద స్తోత్రమ్ கார்திகேய ஸ்கந்த ஸ்தோத்ரம் ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯ ಸ್ಕನ್ದ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್ કાર્તિકેય સ્કન્દ સ્તોત્રમ્ কার্তিকেয স্কন্দ স্তোত্রম্ କାର୍ତିକେଯ ସ୍କନ୍ଦ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍ കാര്തികേയ സ്കന്ദ സ്തോത്രമ്

{|| kArtikeya skanda ||}

Hymn to kArtikeya or skanda
The following stotra on ska.nda is from the rudra yAmala, an important work
on tantra . It is a short stotra but also remarkably powerful . The stotra is
credited with developing the praGYA (intelligence) and has been given by skanda
himself.
praGYAvivardhana (increasing praGYA) mantras are very important in the vedas
and other later literature like the tantras . Why is the development of praGYA
given such importance? The answer is given in the vedas itself . In the
trisuparNa mantra in the mahAnArAyaNa upanishAd, the following mantras
occur:
brahma medhayA |
Brahman is attained through intelligence
madhu medhayA |
Bliss is attained through intelligence
brahmameva madhu medhayA |
Brahman, which is verily bliss is attained through intelligence
It should however be noted that the intelligence or medhA which is referred to
here is not the mundane intelligence which we refer to in our daily lives . This
medhA refers to the development of the buddhi such