Skip to content
EntityQ12459092· pop 17· linked from 85 articles

Skandamata

Sign in to save

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.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • 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.