Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
षण्मुखात्षण्मुखो नाम कार्त्तिकेयस्तु कृत्तिकात् । कुमारश्च कुमारत्वाद्गङ्गागर्भोऽग्निजोऽपरः
ṣaṇmukhātṣaṇmukho nāma kārttikeyastu kṛttikāt | kumāraśca kumāratvādgaṅgāgarbho'gnijo'paraḥ
ଛଅ ମୁହଁ ଥିବାରୁ ସେ ‘ଷଣ୍ମୁଖ’ ନାମେ ପରିଚିତ; କୃତ୍ତିକାମାନଙ୍କ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧରୁ ‘କାର୍ତ୍ତିକେୟ’ ଭାବେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ। ନିତ୍ୟ କୁମାରତ୍ୱରୁ ‘କୁମାର’, ଏବଂ ‘ଗଙ୍ଗାଗର୍ଭ’ ଓ ‘ଅଗ୍ନିଜ’—ଅଗ୍ନିଜାତ—ନାମରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଖ୍ୟାତ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
FAQs
Divine names preserve sacred history: each epithet encodes a dharmic meaning and a lineage of divine care and purpose.
Gaṅgā is honored through the epithet Gaṅgā-garbha, portraying her as a sanctified bearer of the divine child.
None; the verse is a theological naming (nāma-māhātmya) that supports devotion through remembrance.