Skandamata
Sign in to saveSkandamata () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the mother of the war god Kartikeya, also called Skanda. She is the fifth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the fifth day of Navaratri.
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Vinony's link graph records 85 inbound references to Skandamata, and connects out to Moon, lion and Sanskrit.
Vinony files it under Childhood goddesses, Hindu goddesses and Mother goddesses.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Hindu
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.image
- Skandamata Sanghasri 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.caption
- Depiction of Skandamata
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.name
- Skandamata
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.affiliation
- Navadurga
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.abode
- Mount Kailash
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mantra
- oṃ devī skandamātāyai namaḥ siṁhāsanagatā nityaṁ padmāśritakaradvayāśubhadāstu sadā devī skandamātā yaśasvinī
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.consort
- Shiva
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.mount
- Lion
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.planet
- Moon
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.children
- Kartikeya
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.deity_of
- Goddess of motherhood
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Iconography
- Legend
- References
Skandamata () is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the mother of the war god Kartikeya, also called Skanda. She is the fifth of the Navadurga, and is worshipped on the fifth day of Navaratri.
==Iconography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skandamata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.