% Text title            : Kartikeyashatashtanama Stotram
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% Description/comments  : shrIshivarahasyam | IshAkhyaH dvAdashamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 21 kumArasambhavaH | 53-68 || See corresponding nAmAvalI
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(shivarahasyAntargate IshAkhye)

(viShNubrahmAdayo devAH kR^itam)

ShaNmukhaH sumukhastrAtA lekhasenApatiH prabhuH || 53\.2||
shaktihasto durAdharSho vItihotrA~Ngajo balI |
krau~nchAdrimathano yogI subrahmaNyo makheDitaH || 54||
gA~Ngeyo vaidyuto.amoghastArakAntakaro raviH |
mahAseno devavaidyaH praNavArthaprakAshakaH || 55||
mahAsenaH sharavaNodbhavo bhavasuto.anaghaH |
vinAyakAnujaH shrImAn shUrasaMhArakArakaH || 56||
senAnIrdurduro vIro garbho vishvapatiH kaviH |
gururharihayaH shAstA sharAsanakaraH sharI || 57||
vyApako.anantashaktiH sukumAraH projjvalA~NgakaH |
vIrAbAhurgaNAdhyakShastryakShaprIto vishAradaH || 58||
kAntaH shAnto jitArAtirumAkAntAtmajo.aparaH |
vallIpatirjitArAtiH kukkuTottamaketanaH || 59||
shivali~NgArchanaprIto gandhapuShpAdyala~NkR^itaH |
mukuTI chA~NgadI chakrI gadI sha~NkhI shikhI jaTI || 60||
sanAtanaparastArastArakastArakAntakR^it |
saMvarto yauvanI(?) vIro bAlo lIlAvinodakR^it || 61||
prasannAkShaH pa~NkajAkShaH shambaraH shambarapriyaH |
supallavaH shivo dhanvI khaDgakheTadharaH stutaH || 62||
vishvapriyo.anantashaktiH surAdhyakSho durAsadaH |
pramodo meghadamanaH shakrapUjyaH shatakratuH || 63||
kR^ittikAsUnuramalaH kR^ittivAsaHpriyo virAT |
svAhApriyaH kArtikeyo haraNo vegavattaraH || 64||
svarNavarNaH pAribhadrastAmrastAraNakArakaH |
supuShkaramahAmAlo lalitA~NgaH surAvanaH || 65||
yashaskaro.amaraparo gItavAn tatpriyo.artihA (tattvapriyo.artihA ? ) |
vIrabhadramahAgarvastambhanastatparaH sakhA || 66||
nira~njano nirAdhAraH shakrasenApatirvaTuH |
brahmachArI giricharaH sarparUpo durAsadaH || 67||
ShaShThIprItaH kumArashcha smarasmerAsyasundaraH |
vij~nAnadaH shivo j~nAnI shivabhaktashiromaNiH || 68||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate kArtikeyashatAShTanAmastotraM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | IshAkhyaH dvAdashamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 21 kumArasambhavaH | 53\-68 ||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . IshAkhyaH dvAdashamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 21 kumArasambhavaH . 53-68 ..
Notes:

Brahmā ##brahmA##, Viṣṅu ##viShNu## et al Deva-s ##devAH## eulogize the newly born Kārtikeya ##kArtikeya## who would save them from the atrocities of Tārakāsura ##tArakAsura##.

KārtikeyaŚatāṣṭanāmāvaliḥ ##kArtikeyashatAShTanAmAvaliH## derived from this KārtikeyaŚatāṣṭanāmaStotram ##kArtikeyashatAShTanAmastotram## can be accessed from one of the links given below.

The count seems to exceed 108 though.##

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