Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 46
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
एवमेव महायोगी पृथिव्यां ख्यातिमेष्यति षडास्यत्वान् महाबाहुः षण्मुखो नाम गीयते
evameva mahāyogī pṛthivyāṃ khyātimeṣyati ṣaḍāsyatvān mahābāhuḥ ṣaṇmukho nāma gīyate
ഇങ്ങനെ ആ മഹായോഗി ഭൂമിയിൽ ഖ്യാതി പ്രാപിക്കും. ആറു മുഖങ്ങളുള്ളതിനാൽ ആ മഹാബാഹു ‘ഷൺമുഖ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പാടപ്പെടുന്നു.
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FAQs
Ṣaṇmukha is Skanda/Kārttikeya. The verse provides a direct nirukti (etymological rationale): he is called ‘Six-faced’ because he possesses six faces, a hallmark of his iconography and mythic birth narratives.
‘Mahāyogī’ signals mastery over divine power and self-control, aligning Skanda not merely with martial prowess but with ascetic-spiritual potency—an important Purāṇic way of grounding divine authority in tapas/yoga.
No. This śloka is primarily mythic and iconographic (naming and attributes). The geography-centric material appears elsewhere, but here the focus is on epithet and renown.