agastya uvaacha |

namoఽstu brmdaarakabrmdavamdya-

-paadaaravimdaaya sudhaakaraaya |

shadaananaayaamitavikramaaya

gaureehrdaanamdasamudbhavaaya || ~1 ||

namoఽstu tubhyam pranataartihamtre

kartre samastasya manorathaanaam |

daatre rathaanaam parataarakasya

hamtre prachandaasurataarakasya || ~2 ||

amoortamoortaaya sahasramoortaye

gunaaya ganyaaya paraatparaaya |

apaarapaaraaya paraaparaaya

namoఽstu tubhyam sikhivaahanaaya || ~3 ||

namoఽstu te brahmavidaam varaaya

digambaraayaambarasamsthitaaya |

hiranyavarnaaya hiranyabaahave

namo hiranyaaya hiranyaretase || ~4 ||

tapah svaroopaaya tapodhanaaya

tapah phalaanaam pratipaadakaaya |

sadaa kumaaraaya himaaramaarine

trneekrtaisvarya viraagine namah || ~5 ||

namoఽstu tubhyam sarajanmane vibho

prabhaatasuryaarunadamtapamktaye |

baalaaya chaabaalaparaakramaaya shaa-

-nmaaturaayaalamanaaturaaya || ~6 ||

meedhushtamaayottarameedhushe namo

namo ganaanaam pataye ganaaya |

namoఽstu te janmajaraatigaaya

namo visaakhaaya susaktipaanaye || ~7 ||

sarvasya naathasya kumaarakaaya

kraumchaaraye taarakamaarakaaya |

svaaheya gaamgeya cha kaartikeya

saiveya tubhyam satatam namoఽstu || ~8 ||

iti sreeskaamde mahaapuraane kaaseekhamde panchavimsatitamoఽdhyaaye sree kaartikeyaashtakam |