Shri Ganeshaya Namah
BhairavaKaalike Namosthute.
Kartikeya — The Flame Lit by Adya Herself
Kartikeya, also known as Skanda or Murugan, is not a deity created by random cosmic events. He is Shiva’s Tapasya and Adya Shakti’s Will made manifest.
The Mystery of the Peacock (Paravani) and the Snake
Why does the mighty warrior ride a gentle peacock?
Because nothing about him is surface-deep.
The peacock, Paravani, his Vahana, holds a snake in its mouth — not any snake, but the one Mahadeva wears around his neck. In the esoteric realm, the snake represents Kundalini Shakti, the force of potential.
But Kartikeya says:
“I have already gone beyond this. My Vahana will hold the snake.”
This means: "I have not just awakened Shakti — I have mastered it."
He doesn’t wear it for show. He commands it.
He is the Vairagi who has gone beyond desire, beyond temptation, beyond ego.
The Vel
To destroy Surapadman, a divine weapon was needed. And at that moment, Mahadeva turned to Maa Adya, saying:
“Let your entire Shakti be poured into the Vel.”
Thus was born the Vel, the divine spear. This was no ordinary weapon. It was conscious Shakti, a flame held in form, created by the Primordial Mother so her son could restore Dharma.
To hold the Vel is to hold Her.
To worship Kartikeya is to honor the one who carries Her will into action.
Only for the 100% True.
“If even 1% of you is not okay with who you are—don’t approach Kartikeya.”
“Because once He enters your life, He’ll not leave that 1% untouched.”
Lord Kartikeya is for the seeker who is 100% true — not perfect, but honest to the core. He has no patience for hypocrisy or selective righteousness. If you knowingly walk the path of adharma, violate your inner truth, and then try to approach Him through ritual or prayer, He will not bless — He will burn. Kartikeya doesn’t tolerate pretense. He is the flame that exposes, the Vel that corrects, and the force that ensures Dharma is never compromised — even in devotion.
That’s why his path demands complete inner honesty, full Vairagya, and a readiness to be remade.
Why is He So Closely Linked to Maa Adya?
Because Kartikeya is the action of Kali.
He is Dharma’s sword, Shakti’s discipline, and Bhairava’s fire refined into form.
He is created from six balls of fire—pure Agni Tattva—and Maa Kamakhya’s divine Yoni becomes the womb for his birth.
Even his Vel is crafted from Her Shakti.
He doesn’t come when called by only rituals—He comes only when She sends Him.
Yes, it is true that Lord Kartikeya doesn’t arrive just through rituals. But he can be invoked through them — when they are done with pure and true Bhakti.
Though fierce in form, Lord Kartikeya is an ocean of compassion — Karunai Kadale. He may be awakened through rituals, but it is pure, heartfelt Bhakti that draws Him closest in the shortest span of time.
He is not moved by performance. He is moved by authentic surrender.
He does not flaunt power—he delegates it.
He does not speak often—but when he does, Dharma rewrites itself.
He is Kandabhairava, the most difficult Bhairava to attain.
And that is precisely why only the fiercest truth-seekers walk his path.
Sons of Adya Kali…
One holds a noose, the other a spear,
Both were born from the Mother so dear.
One stills the mind, one slays the fear—
In the dance of Adya, both are near.
- By Maa's Babayaga Shisya of Gurudev Shri Praveen Radhakrishnan