Skanda may refer to: *

Kartikeya Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesh ...

, or Skanda, the Hindu god of war *

Skanda Purana The ''Skanda Purana'' (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest '' Mukyapurana'', a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is of Kaumara literature, titled after Skanda, a son of Shiva and Parvati, w ...

, a Hindu Purana (Scripture) dedicated to the deity *

Skanda (Buddhism) Skanda (Chinese:塞建陀, 室建陀), also known as Wei Tuo ( Chinese: 韋馱) and Idaten ( Japanese: 韋駄天) is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the teachings of Buddhism. He is a ...

, a Deva and/or Bodhisattva popular in Chinese Buddhism *

Skande Skande ( ka, სკანდე), sometimes known as Skanda (სკანდა), is a village in the Terjola Municipality, Imereti, Georgia. It is located in western part of the country, in the small river valley of Chkhari, part of the Kvirila ...

, or Skanda, a village and fortress in Georgia

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