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\engtitle{.. Shri Kartikeyashtakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIkArtikeyAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##

OM shrIgaNeshAya namaH |

agastya uvAcha\-
namo.astu vR^indArakavR^indavandyapAdAravindAya sudhAkarAya |
ShaDAnanAyAmitavikramAya gaurIhR^idAnandasamudbhavAya || 1||
namo.astu tubhyaM praNatArtihantre kartre samastasya manorathAnAm |
dAtre rathAnAM paratArakasya hantre prachaNDAsuratArakasya || 2||
amUrtamUrtAya sahasramUrtaye guNAya gaNyAya parAtparAya |
apArapArAya parAparAya namo.astu tubhyaM shikhivAhanAya || 3||
namo.astu te brahmavidAM varAya digambarAyAmbarasaMsthitAya |
hiraNyavarNAya hiraNyabAhave namo hiraNyAya hiraNyaretase || 4||
tapaH svarUpAya tapodhanAya tapaH phalAnAM pratipAdakAya |
sadA kumArAya hi mAramAriNe tR^iNIkR^itaishvaryavirAgiNe namaH || 5||
namo.astu tubhyaM sharajanmane vibho prabhAtasUryAruNadantapa~Nktaye |
bAlAya chAbAlaparAkramAya ShANmAturAyAlamanAturAya || 6||
mIDhuShTamAyottaramIDhuShe namo namo gaNAnAM pataye gaNAya |
namo.astu te janmajarAtigAya namo vishAkhAya sushaktipANaye || 7||
sarvasya nAthasya kumArakAya krau~nchAraye tArakamArakAya |
svAheya gA~Ngeya cha kArtikeya shaiveya tubhyaM satataM namo.astu || 8||

iti skAnde kAshIkhaNDataH shrIkArtikeyAShTakaM sampUrNam ||
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