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.
Key facts
- Deity<! Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology >.type
- 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
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- 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==
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