Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 86
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
हंसास्यं कुण्डजठरं बहुग्रीवं हयाननम् कूर्मग्रीवं च पञ्चैतान् ददुः पुत्राय कृत्तिकाः
haṃsāsyaṃ kuṇḍajaṭharaṃ bahugrīvaṃ hayānanam kūrmagrīvaṃ ca pañcaitān daduḥ putrāya kṛttikāḥ
కృత్తికలు తమ కుమారునికి ఐదు నామరూపాలను ప్రసాదించారు—‘హంసాస్యుడు’, ‘కుండజఠరుడు (ఘటాకార ఉదరం)’, ‘బహుగ్రీవుడు’, ‘హయాననుడు’ మరియు ‘కూVamana Purana,31,104,VamP 31.104,gaṇairvṛto mātṛbiranvayāto mayūrasaṃstho varaśaktipāṇiḥ sainyādhipatye sa kṛto bhavena rarāja sūryeva mahāvapuṣmān,गणैर्वृतो मातृबिरन्वयातो मयूरसंस्थो वरशक्तिपाणिः सैन्याधिपत्ये स कृतो भवेन रराज सूर्येव महावपुष्मान्,Andhaka Vadha,Deva-Skanda Narrative / Appointment of Senapati,Adhyaya 31 (title not supplied in input; context: Skanda’s consecration as commander),31.104,gaṇairvṛto mātṛbiranvayāto mayūrasaṃstho varaśaktipāṇiḥ sainyādhipatye sa kṛto bhavena rarāja sūryeva mahāvapuṣmān,gaṇair vṛto mātṛbhir anvayāto mayūra-saṁstho vara-śakti-pāṇiḥ sainyādhipatye sa kṛto bhavena rarāja sūrya iva mahā-vapuṣmān,Surrounded by the Gaṇas and attended by the Mothers (Mātṛs)
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FAQs
Purāṇic lists often function as onomastic theology: they can be read as literal mythic forms (rūpa-bheda) and also as symbolic markers of Skanda’s superhuman, protean nature. The text’s grammar (“daduḥ… pañcaitān”) supports ‘bestowed designations/forms’ rather than a single fixed anatomy.
In Skanda traditions, the Kṛttikās are foster-mothers who nurture and ‘name’ the child. Naming/attributing forms is a way of establishing divine identity, powers, and cultic remembrance (stotra/namāvali usage).
Not in this śloka. It is a mythic-catalogue verse; geographic anchoring, if present in the chapter, would occur in surrounding passages rather than here.