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Kanda Sashti Kavasam or Skanda Shashti Kavacham (Tamil: கந்த சஷ்டி கவசம்) is a Hindu devotional song composed in Tamil by Devaraya Swamigal (born c. 1820), [1] a student of Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai, on Murugan, the son of Shiva, in Chennimalai near Erode. It was composed in the 19th century.
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Devaraya Swamigal eventually wrote six hymns, popularly known as kavachams or kavasams (literally meaning "armour"), the most popular of which is the Kanda Shasti Kavacham. The other kavasams are Siva Kavacham, Shanmuga Kavacham, Shakthi Kavacham, and Narayana Kavacham. [3]
In the lunisolar calendar, Surasamharam falls on the 6th day on the bright half (Shukla Paksha) phase of the Kartika lunar month, just 6 to 7 days after Diwali. Most South Indians celebrate Surasamharam as part of the 6 day fast known as Maha Skanda Sashti, starting from the day after Diwali up through the 6th day.
The Shashti Vrata (Sanskrit: षष्ठीव्रत, romanized: Ṣaṣṭhīvrata) is a Hindu observance.It is primarily observed by South Indian Hindus during the month of Ashvina, from the first day after the new moon until the sixth day.
Skanda is furthermore said to have 18 malevolent spirit-followers collectively known as the skanda graha, one of whom – Revati – is given the epithet "Shashthi." This association of Revati with Shashthi is reiterated in the 5th century text Kashyapa Samhita , [ 8 ] wherein Shashthi is also identified as the sixth form of Skanda and a sister ...
Kartikeya forms the main theme of Skanda Purana, the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [55] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is part of Shaivite literature. [56] While the text is named after Skanda (Kartikeya), he does not feature either more or less prominently in the text than in other Shiva-related ...
According to the Skanda Purana, in the war between Kartikeya and Surapadman, Kartikeya used the vel to defeat all the forces of Surapadman. [2] When a complete defeat for Surapadman was imminent, the asura transformed himself into a huge mango tree to evade detection by Murugan.