Writes Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami: “Lord Murugan's shakti works deeply within us, within our spiritual sphere, within the great depths of the mind. His electric power issues forth from the shakti vel. Just as energy races through the universe in the form of radio, radar and light waves, x-rays, heat, gamma and cosmic rays, so does Murugan's electric shakti impact our life. Just as we experience light and darkness, positive and negative potential, so do the electromagnetic forces issue forth from Murugan's realm of positive and negative forces, of devas and their asuric counterparts.” (Chapter 4 of Loving Ganesha)
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Murugan Mula-Mantra for chanting:
om śaravaṇa bhava
Śaravaṇa Bhava means “born of the forest of reeds.” Śaravaṇa Bhava is made up of six syllables – śa-ra-va-ṇa-bha-va – which subtly contain the essence of the six-faced (Shadanana) Lord Murugan.
Alternative form of the mantra:
ॐ शरवण भवाय नमः
om śaravaṇa bhavāya namaḥ
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Murugan shlokas and mantras for worship/prayer:
(1) om jaya jaya mahāvīra bhagavān śrī skanda namo namaḥ
Aum! Victory, Victory (to Thee)! Salutations to the Great Hero, Lord Skanda.
(2) muruga muruga veḻ veḻ muruga, muruga muruga vetri veḻ muruga
This is a popular shloka in the Tamil language, it glorifies Lord Murugan and His Vel (a.k.a. shula, meaning ‘lance’), which represents His Shakti. Vetri means victory.
(3) jñāna śaktidhara skanda valli kalyāṇasundara |
devasenā manaḥ kānta kārtikeya namo'stute ||
om subramaṇyāya namaḥ ||
Unto Skanda, who holds the power of spiritual knowledge,
The Beloved of Valli and Enchanter of the mind of Devasena,
Praiseful salutations to Thee, O Kartikeya.
Aum! Salutations to Subramanya.
(4) mayūravāhanaṁ vīraṁ tārakāsura mardanam |
vande ṣaḍānanaṁ devaṁ kārtikeya śivātmajam ||
To the brave One, whose mount is the peacock,
That Destroyer of the demon Tarakasura,
Obeisance to Lord Shadanana, born of Shiva’s own Self.
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Skanda Gayatri Mantra(s):
There are two Skanda Gayatris, the only difference between them is the name by which Murugan is referred to – Shanmukha or Skanda.
tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mahāsenāya dhīmahi |
tanno shanmukha pracodayāt ||
~ Mahanarayana Upanishad I.26
~ Taittiriya Aranyaka X.1.6
May we know that Divine Person,
And meditate upon Mahasena;
May Shanmukha impel us.
tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mahāsenāya dhīmahi |
tanno skanda pracodayāt ||
May we know that Divine Person,
And meditate upon Mahasena.
May Skanda impel us.
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