Name #327 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma

स्कन्दः Skanda — meaning in Hindi

Skanda (skandaḥ) is name #327 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Hindi (हिन्दी), the shloka it comes from in Devanagari, and the English meaning — from the full name page.

जो वायु-वेग से सबमें प्रवाहित होते हैं

In English: He who courses through all things, swift as wind

From shloka 36 · chapter Narasiṃha

स्कन्दः स्कन्दधरो धुर्यो वरदो वायुवाहनः
वासुदेवो बृहद्भानुरादिदेवः पुरन्दरः
verse 36

Also in this shloka: skandadharaḥ · dhuryaḥ · varadaḥ · vāyuvāhanaḥ · vāsudevaḥ · bṛhadbhānuḥ · ādidevaḥ · purandaraḥ

Skanda in other languages: Telugu · Tamil · Kannada · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English