śrīkārtikeyāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:
Om̃ sriganesaya namah ।
agastya uvaca-
namo’stu vrndarakavrndavandyapadaravindaya sudhakaraya ।
sadananayamitavikramaya gaurihrdanandasamudbhavaya ॥ 1॥
namo’stu tubhyam pranatartihantre kartre samastasya manorathanam ।
datre rathanam paratarakasya hantre pracandasuratarakasya ॥ 2॥
amurtamurtaya sahasramurtaye gunaya ganyaya paratparaya ।
aparaparaya paraparaya namo’stu tubhyam sikhivahanaya ॥ 3॥
namo’stu te brahmavidam varaya digambarayambarasamsthitaya ।
hiranyavarnaya hiranyabahave namo hiranyaya hiranyaretase ॥ 4॥
tapah svarupaya tapodhanaya tapah phalanam pratipadakaya ।
sada kumaraya hi maramarine trnikrtaisvaryaviragine namah ॥ 5॥
namo’stu tubhyam sarajanmane vibho prabhatasuryarunadantapaṅktaye ।
balaya cabalaparakramaya sanmaturayalamanaturaya ॥ 6॥
midhustamayottaramidhuse namo namo gananam pataye ganaya ।
namo’stu te janmajaratigaya namo visakhaya susaktipanaye ॥ 7॥
sarvasya nathasya kumarakaya krauñcaraye tarakamarakaya ।
svaheya gaṅgeya ca kartikeya saiveya tubhyam satatam namo’stu ॥ 8॥
iti skande kasikhandatah srikartikeyastakam sampurnam ॥
