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Re: ARTICLE : A stotra on skanda
Anand Hudli wrote:
> An interesting point is that Skanda is said to have married Valli,
> according to the Tamil tradition, but in the North, and even in
> Karnataka for that matter, the prevailing belief is that Skanda is an
> eternal brahmachaarii.
The reverse seems to be the case for gaNesha. In TN he said to be a
brahmachaari, while in the North he is portrayed with 2 wives. Also skanda is
supposed to have another wife, deivayaanai.
[snip]
> the commander-in-chief of the army of Gods, devasenaapati.
>
> Skanda is the personification of chastity. His vehicle, the peacock is
> shown as killing a snake with one of its legs. The snake represents
> lust and the peacock symbolizes chastity. Hence, SubrahmaNya, the god
> of chastity, is shown riding the peacock.
There is also lot of symbolism associated with his spear (vEl). I forgot the
details :-).
The name devasenaapati occurs in the 108 names also. Another detail I forgot
to mention is that the 6 faced rudraaksha is special for skanda upaasakas. The
number of faces in the usual rudraakshas is 5.
Thanks for the article on the symbolism associated with skanda. I have read a
thamiz skanda puraaNam a long time back. Unfortunately the book is back in
India and I have forgotten all the stories. I'll try to get it the next time I
go to India, but that won't be in the near future though.
BTW, in which book did you read these details?
> >Incidentally the root "skand" means to leap or go. So skanda is the person who
> >helps us leap over the misery of ajnaana, by granting jnaana. Another common
Ramakrishnan.
--
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, "The flag is moving." The other
said, "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He
told them, "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." - The Gateless Gate
http://yake.ecn.purdue.edu/~rbalasub/
