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carrying the celestial weapon sakti in his right and a Kukkuta
in his left hand. In the case of his having twelve arms, the
six on the right should be equipped with the divine weapons
respectively known as sakti, arrow, p膩sa (noose), sword,
totrada, tarjani and the sakti. The left six hands being armed
sakti
with the saktis only.
Matsya Purana, Chapter 260 depicts god Kartikeya as
having twelve hands and with peacock for his vehicle. He is
described as delicate (Sukumara), with danda and kaisciraka.
Matsya Purana also mentions that in a wood and in a village he
should be made with two hands, sakti in his right and a kukkuta
by his left hand, and in a Kharvata he should be depicted with
four hands, holding sakti and Pasa in his left and right hands
and the other two hands should be in a Varada and Abhaya poses.
If he is depicted with 12 hands, the emblems should be sakti,
Pasa, sword, arrow, sula in his right hands and bow, pat膩k膩,
musti, tarjani in his left hands. His two hands should be in a
Varada and Abhaya pose.
The Visnudharmottara, Chapter 71, describes his four
forms viz. Kumara, Skanda, Visakha and Guha. Kumara is six-
faced (Sanmukha), adorned with a tuft of hair (Sikhandaka),
dressed in a red garment and riding on a noble peacock. In his
right hands are a Kukkuta (cock) and a bell. His left hand
should hold a vaijayanti Pataka and a javalin (sakti). The
three other forms should be like kumara in all the details
except in the matter of six faces and the peacock mount.