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Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa

Name: Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa
Brand: AstroBhava

Also spelled Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homam

सुब्रह्मण्य अष्टक होम

Eight verses to Skanda, poured into living fire — a rite for the devotee who wants clarity of mind and steadiness of heart.

Performed for you alone — never a group ceremony
Muhurta fixed from your own birth chart, confirmed within 24–48 working hours
Free energised yantra, sealed in a silver amulet, shipped worldwide at no charge

Choose Your Package Why This Homa

The Ritual and Its Weight

The Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa is built around eight verses of praise to Lord Subrahmanya — the Karavalamba Stotra, sung by a devotee who asked Skanda for the support of his hand. Each verse is a plea, and each plea is offered into the fire with ghee. Where a simple recitation ends in the air, a homa carries the words through Agni, the mouth of the gods. That is the weight of this rite. The Ashtaka is not merely read; it is fed to the flame, syllable by syllable.

Devotees turn to the Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homam when the inner life feels clouded — when japa has gone dry, when doubt crowds out devotion, when the mind will not sit still. Subrahmanya is the deity who taught the meaning of Pranava to his own father. He is invoked here as the remover of confusion and the kindler of viveka, discernment. The tradition prescribes this homa for the seeker who wants the path made plain and the heart made warm again.

हे स्वामिनाथ करुणाकर दीनबन्धो श्रीपार्वतीशमुखपङ्कजपद्मबन्धो । श्रीशादिदेवगणपूजितपादपद्म वल्लीसनाथ मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥ O Lord and master, ocean of compassion, friend of the helpless, joy of Shiva and Parvati, whose feet are worshipped by Vishnu and all the gods — consort of Valli, extend your hand and hold me up.

Why Devotees Book This

The Ashtaka asks for one thing above all — the steadying hand of the Lord. These are the intentions the tradition attaches to this homa.

Steadiness in Sadhana

Offered when japa, meditation or daily worship has lost its warmth, to re-kindle regularity and taste in practice.

Clarity of Mind

Subrahmanya is invoked as Jnana Skanda, the giver of discernment, when decisions blur and the mind will not settle.

Deepening of Bhakti

Each of the eight verses is a surrender. Devotees offer this homa to soften pride and let devotion come more naturally.

Inner Peace

The rite is prescribed for those carrying restlessness, fear or agitation, seeking a quieter interior.

Divine Protection on the Path

Skanda carries the Vel, the spear of discrimination. The homa is offered for shelter from the obstacles that trouble a seeker.

Grace for the Whole Family

Many families sponsor this homa in the name of children and elders, asking for Subrahmanya's blessing on the household's spiritual life.

Brahmashree Shivaaya, Guru and Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava — **Brahmashree Shivaaya**Guru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions

Who performs your homa

Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya

Every priest who performs your Subrahmanya Ashtaka 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.

Meet our priests →

Certified Vedic priests — trained in traditional Padashalas
100% Agama Vidhi — as prescribed in the scriptures
Individual, never group — one ritual, one devotee's sankalpa
Muhurta from your chart — date fixed to your birth details
Free worldwide delivery — prasadam & energised yantra

Before you book

What a Maha Homa is

Not every fire ritual is performed at the same scale. A Maha Homa is our largest form. This is what that means.

Performed at full scale

More priests, and a fire that burns for as long as the rite itself requires rather than a shortened sitting. The exact figures for this rite are stated with its price above.

Chanted complete

The whole sequence the rite calls for, in unison, never a representative portion of it and never chanted in rotation.

Telecast entire

Every minute, from the sankalpa in which your name is spoken to the final aarti. Nothing is performed off camera.

A Maha Homa is performed for one devotee and their named family, exactly like any homa we conduct. What the scale changes is the weight of the offering, and it is reserved for the intentions that warrant it.

Book your Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa

One rite, one price

There is nothing to choose. Unlike most of our homas, the Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa is not offered at several priest counts. It is performed one way, as the rite requires — 5 priests, 5 hours — with the free energised Vishnu Yantra sealed in its silver amulet, the live telecast, and free worldwide delivery of your prasadam all included in the one price.

Your bookingSubrahmanya Ashtaka Homa5 Priests · 5 hours · free energised yantra

₹197,350

All-inclusive — no shipping charges, no additions at checkout. See everything included →

You book — and send birth details at checkout.

Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.

The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.

After the homa — tracking email with your personal time to wear the yantra.

Sacred Timing

Skanda's own days carry the strongest current for this rite. Our panchanga scholars fix your muhurat and confirm it with you before the fire is lit.

Shashti Tithi

The sixth lunar day is Subrahmanya's tithi. Skanda Shashti in Aippasi, and every monthly Shashti, are the classical days for this homa.

Krittika and Vishakha Nakshatra

Krittika, the star of the six mothers who nursed him, and Vishakha, his own nakshatra, are held especially favourable.

Tuesdays and Vaikasi Visakam

Tuesday belongs to Kuja, kin to Skanda's martial nature. Vaikasi Visakam, the day of his appearance, is a high occasion for the Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homam.

Thai Poosam and Panguni Uthiram

Both festival days are traditionally chosen for Skanda worship and are well suited to sponsoring this rite.

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 Subrahmanya 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 Subrahmanya 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.

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.

Purify the amulet

Dip the silver amulet in raw milk or Ganga jal for an hour before wearing, then clean with normal water.

Face East or North

Perform the wearing process facing east or north for maximum benefit.

Offer dheep & dhoop

Show lamp and incense to the amulet before wearing it.

Wear it

Around your neck or waist, on a thread or chain.

Keep the energy intact

Repeated offering of dheep and dhoop keeps the energisation alive.

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 Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa is performed

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.

Ganapati Puja

The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the goddess is approached.

Agni Pratishtha

The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.

Subrahmanya Avahana

The Subrahmanya Sukta and Subrahmanya Gayatri are chanted, inviting the goddess's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.

Ahuti

Ghee, white flowers, akshata and honey are offered in sequence with mantra — the offerings traditional to her worship.

Purnahuti

The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.

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

Subrahmanya — the goddess of knowledge itself

Subrahmanya 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 — Subrahmanya Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.

The complete guide

Subrahmanya: story, mantras & how to chant

Her full mythology, the beeja mantra and Subrahmanya Gayatri word by word, and how devotees chant at home — on our Subrahmanya Mantra guide.

Read the Mantra Guide →

Questions

Frequently asked

The Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homa is a Vedic fire ritual centred on the eight-verse hymn to Lord Subrahmanya, known as the Karavalamba Stotra — a devotee's repeated request that the Lord extend his hand and hold him up. Priests chant the Ashtaka with sankalpa and offer ghee, samidha and other dravyas into the consecrated fire at each verse. Its significance lies in the pairing: an intensely personal prayer of surrender carried by Agni, who is the traditional messenger of offerings to the devatas. It is classified under Spiritual Growth and Devotion because its whole thrust is inward — clarity, bhakti and the seeker's steadiness.

The tradition prescribes this homa for renewed steadiness in sadhana, for discernment when the mind is clouded, for deepening of devotion, and for the inner quiet that comes of surrender. Subrahmanya is invoked as the wielder of the Vel, the spear of discrimination, so the rite is also offered for shelter from the obstacles that trouble a spiritual seeker. Families often sponsor it as a blessing on the household's collective devotional life. These are the intentions the shastra attaches to the rite, offered in faith rather than as promised results.

Anyone drawn to Skanda may sponsor it. It is chosen most often by those whose practice has gone dry, those facing a decision that needs a clear head, devotees beginning a new sadhana or mantra diksha, and those with Kuja or Mars prominent in the chart whose astrologer has recommended Subrahmanya upasana. Parents also sponsor it in a child's name for learning and good conduct. There is no bar of gender, age or country — the priests perform it on your behalf and your sankalpa carries your name, nakshatra and gotra.

Shashti tithi is the classical choice, especially Skanda Shashti. Krittika and Vishakha nakshatras, Tuesdays, Vaikasi Visakam, Thai Poosam and Panguni Uthiram are all held auspicious for Skanda worship. If your need is immediate, the homa can be scheduled on the nearest suitable day — our panchanga scholars study your birth details, fix the muhurat and confirm the date and time with you before the fire is kindled.

The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and punyahavachana to purify the space, then take the sankalpa in your name, nakshatra and gotra. A kalasha is established and Subrahmanya is invoked with his moola mantra. Agni is kindled in the kunda with aranya samidha. The eight verses of the Ashtaka are then chanted, with oblations of ghee, palasha and vata samidha, honey, jaggery, sesame, rice, navadhanya, flowers and fruits offered at each verse. Purnahuti, deeparadhana and mangala arati close the rite, followed by prasadam distribution. The whole sequence is telecast live to you.

Book online from any country on this page. Send us your name, birth star and gotra when you book. Our scholars fix the muhurat and confirm it with you. On the day, qualified priests perform the Subrahmanya Ashtaka Homam at AstroBhava's Yagna Ashram in Coimbatore on your behalf, and you watch it live wherever you are. Afterwards, prasadam and an energised yantra are couriered to your address worldwide at no shipping cost. You need not travel or attend in person.