[Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

[Kaushik Chevendra]

"And he is easy to be recognized as one of the main deities since there is
a purANA (skanda purANa) dedicated to him exclusively"

Actually in the skanda Purana the majority of glorification is of Shiva and
Vishnu. There is a complete section of Vishnu mahamatya and the remaining
consists of Shiva mahamatya.

On Tue, 7 Mar, 2023, 9:28 am Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Panch-Devatas also are deities for Panch-mahabhutas. So sixth deity is an
> unexplainable addition. If one is to say that such a thing was done to
> integrate skada-worshipping sanatanis then it looks like a superficial
> reason. As it disturbs the integrity of panch
> mahabhutas-panchindriyas-panchdevtas etc."
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Atleast as per existing practice worshipping Subramanya / kumAra /skanda
> not at all debatable as there is a traditional belief that there is lot of
> stotra-s in the name of subrahmaNya composed by shankara.  Matching saNkhya
> and explaining the significance of deities can be done like sattva rajas
> and tamas for trimurthi-s, shaNmukha kumaara swamy too must be carrying his
> own merits with his six heads for being worshipped by his devotees.  I read
> somewhere he is the destroyer of arishadvarga and he has to be worshipping
> in all R~tus (shadR~utus) and he is the personification of ishwaratva
> (surasainyanAthaM), karuNa, tapa, Ishwarya, jnaana and vairagya. There must
> be something more if we search the significance of subrahmaNya in the
> hindu’s plethora of gods and goddesses 😊 And he is easy to be recognized
> as one of the main deities since there is a purANA (skanda purANa)
> dedicated to him exclusively.  So worshippers of skanda could see more deep
> and philosophical significance in it.  Just few of my thoughts.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>