The Skandamata Homa is a fire offering to the fifth form of Navadurga — the Goddess seated on a lotus with the infant Skanda held in her lap. She is worshipped not as a distant power but as motherhood itself, the force that receives a soul and shelters it. For this reason the tradition places her homa among the progeny rites: couples praying to conceive, mothers carrying a child, and families seeking blessings for the generation to come all light this fire.
In the Skandamata Homam, ghee, herbs and grains are offered into the consecrated kunda while her mantra is chanted through prescribed rounds. Fire is the mouth that carries an offering upward; the sankalpa spoken in your name, gotra and nakshatra is what it carries. You do not need to travel. Our priests perform the rite at AstroBhava's Yagna Ashram on your behalf, telecast it to you live, and courier the prasadam and energised yantra to your door.
सिंहासनगता नित्यं पद्माश्रितकरद्वया। शुभदास्तु सदा देवी स्कन्दमाता यशस्विनी॥ May the ever-glorious Skandamata, seated on her lion with lotuses held in two of her hands, always be the giver of what is auspicious.
Why Devotees Book This
The tradition prescribes the Skandamata Homa for these prayers. Offer it with faith; the fruit rests with the Goddess.
Prayer for conception
Couples hoping to conceive offer this homa to place their longing before the mother of Skanda.
A protected pregnancy
Families invoke her shelter through the months of carrying, seeking a calm and safe term for mother and child.
Blessings for the child
The rite asks for strength, health and good character in the child to come, as Skanda himself was raised in her lap.
Ease of mind for the mother
Worship of Skandamata is traditionally taken up for steadiness and courage during a time that is heavy with waiting.
Harmony in the household
The homa is offered for warmth and accord between husband, wife and elders as the family prepares for a child.
Relief from obstacles in progeny matters
Where astrologers point to afflictions in the fifth house or santana-related doshas, this fire is the prescribed remedial offering.
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Skandamata Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Guru and Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue — with temple rites performed across our seven temples in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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* Copper yantra plate approx. 1–2 inches, rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet approx. 2–4 inches. Sizes are approximate and the amulet's design varies between supplier batches — shape, metal and consecration remain the same.
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You book — and send birth details at checkout.
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Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
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The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.
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After the homa — tracking email with your personal time to wear the yantra.
Sacred Timing
Certain days carry the Goddess's presence more openly. Our priests fix the muhurat for your Skandamata Homam from the panchang and your birth details.
Panchami of Navaratri
The fifth day of Sharada and Vasanta Navaratri belongs to Skandamata. This is the most sought-after day for her homa.
Friday and Tuesday
Days sacred to the Devi. Fridays especially are chosen by families offering the rite for progeny.
Pushya and Rohini nakshatra
Nourishing stars traditionally favoured for rites concerning children and the growth of a family.
Shukla Paksha Panchami
The waxing fifth tithi in any month, taken when devotees cannot wait for Navaratri.
Every package, and the 48-day option
What you receive
The sealing of the yantra
When your homa concludes, the yantra that stood in the fire is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which the energies raised in a ritual are held within a consecrated object rather than dispersing. It is why a homa performed at our ashram can still reach a devotee ten thousand miles away: what the fire raised travels to you, sealed.
Personal sankalpa
Your name, gotra & nakshatra — for you and up to five family members.
Live telecast
Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request a private, unlisted telecast at checkout.
Free energised Skandamata Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Consecrated over three days — Jala (holy-water consecration with mantras), Prana (life force through pranayama & chants) and Jeeva Pratishta (awakened with 108 recitations & offerings) — then present through your homa, receiving the energies raised in the fire. Immediately afterwards it is rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet by Agamic rite, locking those energies within, and shipped to you with your prasadam.
Prasadam, shipped free
Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.
48-Day Anushthan (optional)
Daily temple worship for 48 days — the 27 Nakshatras + 12 Rashis + 9 Planets — then sealed in a silver amulet of approximately 2–4 inches.
A note on sacred tradition
As per strict Agama vidhi, no videography is permitted inside the temple sanctum — this preserves the pure sacred energies and undisturbed divine focus of the ritual. The main homa is respectfully telecast live from outside the sanctum; the daily rituals of the 48-day Anushthan are performed with full devotion but are not telecast.
Homas are telecast openly on our YouTube channel so that devotees everywhere may witness the rituals — and because we believe you should be able to see our work before you trust us with yours. Your sankalpa names you and your family, so if you would rather your ceremony were not public, choose the private telecast option at checkout and it is streamed as an unlisted link visible only to you.
We state this plainly — transparency about what tradition forbids filming, and about what is public, is part of performing these rituals honestly.
After it arrives
How to wear your energised Skandamata Yantra
The energised yantra is carefully rolled and sealed inside a sacred silver amulet before shipping. Wearing it is itself a small ritual — and even its timing is set for you personally.
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Your auspicious time to wear it
Our astrologer marks the auspicious date and time to wear the yantra according to your birth details — sent to you in the email carrying your shipment's tracking number.
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Purify the amulet
Dip the silver amulet in raw milk or Ganga jal for an hour before wearing, then clean with normal water.
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Face East or North
Perform the wearing process facing east or north for maximum benefit.
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Offer dheep & dhoop
Show lamp and incense to the amulet before wearing it.
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Wear it
Around your neck or waist, on a thread or chain.
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Keep the energy intact
Repeated offering of dheep and dhoop keeps the energisation alive.
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If you prefer not to wear it
Place the amulet at your puja altar, or keep it in your wallet.
Inside the fire ritual
How your Skandamata Homa is performed
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Sankalpa
The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to five family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.
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Ganapati Puja
The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the goddess is approached.
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Agni Pratishtha
The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.
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Skandamata Avahana
The Skandamata Sukta and Skandamata Gayatri are chanted, inviting the goddess's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.
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Ahuti
Ghee, white flowers, akshata and honey are offered in sequence with mantra — the offerings traditional to her worship.
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Purnahuti
The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.
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Aarti & Dispatch
Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Who is invoked
Skandamata — the goddess of knowledge itself
Skandamata is one of the Tridevi and the mother of the Vedas — the presiding deity of knowledge, learning, memory, speech, music and every art. She is depicted in white upon a white lotus, holding the veena, a book, a rosary and a water pot, with the swan of discernment beside her.
In this homa, her grace — Skandamata Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
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The Skandamata Homa is a Vedic fire ritual dedicated to Skandamata, the fifth of the nine forms of Durga, who is depicted seated on a lotus with the child Skanda in her lap. Because she is worshipped as motherhood embodied, her homa belongs to the progeny rites. Ghee, herbs and grains are offered into the consecrated fire with her mantra while a sankalpa is spoken in the devotee's name, placing the prayer for a child before her.
Tradition prescribes this homa for couples praying to conceive, for a safe and steady pregnancy, and for blessings of health and strength upon the child. It is also taken up for harmony within the household and as a remedial offering where an astrologer has pointed to afflictions relating to progeny. The rite is an offering of prayer, not a promise of outcome.
Married couples hoping for a child, expectant mothers and their families, and parents offering thanksgiving or seeking blessings for children already born. Grandparents and well-wishers may also sponsor it on a couple's behalf — their names and gotra are included in the sankalpa. There is no bar of country or community; devotees book from anywhere in the world.
Panchami — the fifth day of Navaratri — is the day of Skandamata and the most auspicious for her homa. Fridays and Tuesdays, Shukla Paksha Panchami in any month, and Pushya or Rohini nakshatra are also favoured. Our priests select the muhurat using the panchang together with your birth star and gotra, and inform you before the rite.
The priests begin with purification and Ganapati puja, then speak the sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra. Kalasha sthapana and the invocation of Skandamata follow. Agni is kindled in the kunda and the prescribed rounds of her mantra are chanted with offerings of ghee, samidha, navadhanya, herbs, flowers and payasam. The rite closes with purnahuti, deepa aradhana and the blessing of the prasadam and yantra sent to you. All samagri is arranged at our Yagna Ashram — you need bring nothing.
Choose the Skandamata Homa on this page and share your name, gotra, birth star and your prayer. Our team confirms the muhurat and sends you a live telecast link so you can watch the fire ritual wherever you are. Afterwards, the prasadam and the energised yantra are couriered to your address anywhere in the world at no extra cost.
