जयातु लशक्तिदीधितिपिंजररुचारुणमंडलभुजोद्भासितदेवसैन्य पुरवनकुमुदकाननविकासनेंदो कुमारनाथ जय दितिकुलमहोदधिवडवानल मधुररवमयूररवासुरमुकुटकूटकुट्टितचरणनखांकुर महासेन तारकवंशशुष्कतृमदावानल योगीश्वरयॉ योगिजनहृदयगगनविततचिंतासंतानसंतमसनोदनखरकिरणकल्पनखनिकरविराजितचरणकमल स्कन्द जय बाल सप्तवासर भुवनावलिशोकसंदहन
jayātu laśaktidīdhitipiṃjararucāruṇamaṃḍalabhujodbhāsitadevasainya puravanakumudakānanavikāsaneṃdo kumāranātha jaya ditikulamahodadhivaḍavānala madhuraravamayūraravāsuramukuṭakūṭakuṭṭitacaraṇanakhāṃkura mahāsena tārakavaṃśaśuṣkatṛmadāvānala yogīśvarayaॉ yogijanahṛdayagaganavitataciṃtāsaṃtānasaṃtamasanodanakharakiraṇakalpanakhanikaravirājitacaraṇakamala skanda jaya bāla saptavāsara bhuvanāvaliśokasaṃdahana
Victory to you, O Lord Kumāra, whose arms—encircled by the reddish-golden radiance of the spear’s splendor—make the army of the gods shine; O moon that causes the lotus-groves of the gods’ cities and forests to bloom. Victory, O Mahāsena—submarine fire to the vast ocean of Diti’s lineage; whose sweet roar is like a peacock’s cry; whose toenail-sprouts crush the peaks of the demons’ crowns. O Yogīśvara—forest-fire that burns the dry grass of Tāraka’s line; O Skanda—whose lotus-feet blaze with fierce rays that dispel the darkness of thoughts spread across the sky of yogins’ hearts. Victory, O divine Child—burner of the sorrow of the worlds, ever and always.
Deva-bards (Deva-baṃdi) praising Skanda (explicitly indicated in prior verse context)
Listener: Devas and the assembled audience; indirectly Tāraka and daityas who hear the proclamation
Scene: A radiant child-warrior Skanda (Kumāra/Mahāsena) stands before the devas’ host; his śakti-spear emits reddish-golden light; lotus-groves bloom like under moonlight; demons’ crowns are crushed beneath the blazing lotus-feet; yogins’ heart-sky is cleared of darkness by foot-ray brilliance.
Skanda is praised as the luminous force that protects dharma—destroying demonic pride and dispelling inner darkness in yogins’ hearts.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a panegyric (stuti) magnifying Skanda’s cosmic guardianship.
Implicitly, stotra-recitation (praise of Skanda) is presented as auspicious; no explicit vrata/dāna/snānā instruction appears in this verse.