Texts for Lord Murugan
Puja
Skanda Shashthi puja
31 lines
Mantra
ॐ शरवणभव॥
Om SaravanabhavaStotra
Kanda Sashti Kavasam by Devaraya Swamigal
244 lines
Stotra
Kandar Kalivenba by Kumaraguruparar
244 lines
Katha
The six days and the Soorasamharam
9 paragraphs
Puja
Nagula Chavithi puja
15 lines
Stotra
The Nava Naga Stotram
5 lines
Shloka
कर्कोटकस्य नागस्य दमयन्त्या नलस्य च ।
The Karkotaka versePuja
Sashti Viratham puja
31 lines
Stotra
Shanmuga Kavasam by Pamban Swamigal
30 lines
Katha
The mango tree in the sea
10 paragraphs
Puja
Kartik Puja puja
39 lines
Shloka
ॐ कार्त्तिकेयं महाभागं मयूरोपरिसंस्थितम्। तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभं शक्तिहस्तं वरप्रदम्॥
The dhyana of Kartik ThakurMantra
ॐ कां कार्त्तिकेयाय नमः॥
Om Kam Kartikeyaya NamahMantra
ॐ कार्त्तिकेय महाभाग दैत्यदर्पनिषूदन। प्रणतोऽहं महाबाहो नमस्ते शिखिवाहन॥
The pranam to Kartik ThakurKatha
The Kartikeya vrat: Subhaga and Dakshina
8 paragraphs
Puja
Krithigai puja
33 lines
Katha
The fire in the reeds
11 paragraphs
Lord Murugan's days
Thai PoosamLord Murugan's day, on Pushya in Thai.Skanda ShashthiSix days of vrat and the Kanda Sashti Kavasam for Lord Murugan, ending in the Soorasamharam on the sixth eveniNagula ChavithiThe Naga puja four days after Deepavali: Naga Devata offered puja at home, a little milk poured into the anthiSashti VirathamLord Murugan's Sashti in every month, the sixth day of the bright fortnight: a vrat through the day, the KKartik PujaKartik Thakur on the last evening of Kartik: a couple's puja for a child, from dusk to dawn.KrithigaiLord Murugan's day in every month, the evening the Moon stands in Krittika: a vrat through the day, red fl