vaamadeva uvaacha |

om namah pranavaarthaaya pranavaarthavidhaayine |

pranavaaksharabeejaaya pranavaaya namo namah || ~1 ||

vedaamtaarthasvaroopaaya vedaamtaarthavidhaayine |

vedaamtaarthavide nityam viditaaya namo namah || ~2 ||

namo guhaaya bhootaanaam guhaasu nihitaaya cha |

guhyaaya guhyaroopaaya guhyaagamavide namah || ~3 ||

anoraneeyase tubhyam mahatoఽpi maheeyase |

namah paraavaraj~naaya paramaatmasvaroopine || ~4 ||

skandaaya skandaroopaaya mihiraarunatejase |

namo mamdaaramaalodyanmukutaadibhrte sadaa || ~5 ||

shivasishyaaya putraaya shivasya shivadaayine |

shivapriyaaya shivayoraanamdanidhaye nama || ~6 ||

gaamgeyaaya namastubhyam kaartikeyaaya dheemate |

umaaputraaya mahate sarakaananasaayine || ~7 ||

shadaksharasareeraaya shadvidhaarthavidhaayine |

shadadhvaateetaroopaaya shanmukhaaya namo namah || ~8 ||

dvaadasaayatanetraaya dvaadasodyatabaahave |

dvaadasaayudhadhaaraaya dvaadasaatmannamoఽstu te || ~9 ||

chaturbhujaaya saamtaaya saktikukkutadhaarine |

varadaaya vihastaaya namoఽsuravidaarine || ~1~0 ||

gajaavalleekuchaaliptakumkumaamkitavakshase |

namo gajaananaanamdamahimaanamditaatmane || ~1~1 ||

brahmaadidevamunikinnarageeyamaana-

-gaathaaviseshasuchichintitakeertidhaamne |

brmdaarakaamalakireetavibhooshanasra-

-kpoojyaabhiraamapadapamkaja te namoఽstu || ~1~2 ||

iti skandastavam divyam vaamadevena bhaashitam |

yah pathechchrnuyaadvaapi sa yaati paramaam gatim || ~1~3 ||

mahaapraj~naakaram hyetachchivabhaktivivardhanam |

aayuraarogyadhanakrtsarvakaamapradam sadaa || ~1~4 ||

iti sreeshivamahaapuraane kailaasasamhitaayaam ekaadasoఽdhyaaye vaamadevakrta skandastavam |