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Shashthi Tithi

ಷಷ್ಠಿ ತಿಥಿ

Shashthi is lunar day 6 of each fortnight (in both the waxing Shukla and waning Krishna paksha). A tithi is a lunar "day" — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun. This page covers its presiding deity, meaning, mythology and traditional observances.

Deity
Karttikeya

Meaning & mythology

Skanda Shashthi commemorates Karttikeya's victory over Taraka. In Bengal and the east, Shashthi is also the guardian goddess of children.

Observances & practice

Skanda worship, especially in Tamil tradition; child-protection rites in the east.

ಷಷ್ಠಿ ತಿಥಿ — ಅರ್ಥ ಮತ್ತು ಪುರಾಣ

ದೇವತೆ
ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯ

ಸ್ಕಂದ ಷಷ್ಠಿ ತಾರಕಾಸುರನ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯನ ವಿಜಯದ ನೆನಪು. ಪೂರ್ವ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಷಷ್ಠಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ರಕ್ಷಕ ದೇವತೆಯೂ ಹೌದು.

ಆಚರಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪದ್ಧತಿ: ಸ್ಕಂದ ಪೂಜೆ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ತಮಿಳು ಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ; ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಶು ರಕ್ಷಣ ವಿಧಿ.

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