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Kartikeya, the second son of Lord Shiva, and Goddess
Parvati is also known as Subramaniam, Skanda, Guha, Shadannana or
Sanmukha (because he has six faces).
He represents a person of perfection. He is the war God, the Hindu
equivalent of Mars and Ares. He was created by all the Gods to lead
the heavenly hosts and destroy the demons. He is the most masculine
and fierce of all the Gods. He is also fire, Agni and is very Pitta
(fiery) in nature. While Ganesh removes all obstacles, Skanda bestows
all spiritual powers, particularly the power of knowledge.
In one hand he carries a spear called sakti which symbolizes the destruction
of negative tendencies in humans. With his other hand he always blesses
devotees.
The Lord's vehicle is a peacock which is capable of destroying harmful
serpents (symbolizing harmful ego and bad desires of people).
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