Skanda
Skanda is an identical guardian deity of Mahayana Buddhism. Kataragama deviyo is identified with God Skanda of Hindu tradition, who is called as Murugan by the Tamil people. There is also an identical guardian deity of Mahayana Buddhism, known as Skanda.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 400 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in third-century BCE Mahabharata and later Skanda Purana texts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Upulvan, Saman, Tarakasura, Surapadma, Rudra, Himavan, Simhamukha, Krittikas, Kumara, Šanta, Lugal-irra, Meslamta-ea, Alexiares, Anicetus, Hebe, Ha, Heng, Om, Agni, Indra, Ganga, Brahma, Vayu, Kamadeva, Rati, Parvati, Marduk, Heracles, Horse-Face, Ox-Head, Castor, Pollux, Janus, Jaya-Vijaya
- syncretized with
- Kataragama deviyo, Kārtikeya
- sibling of
- Ganesha
- allied with
- Vajrapāṇi, Tiêu Diện Đại Sĩ
- equivalent to
- Murugan, God Skanda
- child of
- Maheshvara, Parvati, Śiva
Mentioned by
- Agni
- Indra
- Ganga
- Brahma
- Vayu
- Kamadeva
- Rati
- Parvati
- Marduk
- Heracles
- Horse-Face
- Ox-Head
- Castor
- Pollux
- Janus
- Jaya-Vijaya
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“Upulvan Saman (deity) Skanda (Buddhism) Kartikeya”
#11855 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Shalya Parva and the Anushasana Parva of the third-century BCE Hindu epic Mahabharata narrate the legend of Skanda, presenting him as the son of Maheshvara (Shiva) and Parvati”
#11931 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“one of her children, typically Ganesha, is on her knee, while her younger son Skanda may be playing near her in her watch.”
#29296 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The proposal that this theonym is related to the name of the Hindu god Skanda is considered implausible. No references to Skanda predating the Mahabharata and Ramayana, which date at most to 400 BCE, are known.”
#39696 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vajrapani and Skanda”
#45675 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free