Subbarāyana Shashṭhī

Subbarāyana Shashṭhī is an important Vrata observed in the month of Mārgaśira. Though its scriptural name is 'Skandashashṭhī', since the Lord is famously known by names such as 'Skanda', 'Shaṇmukha', 'Kumāra' etc, is called 'Subrahmaṇyeśvara' in tradition, the vrata parva of Shashṭhī tithi (related to his special) worship is called 'Subbarāyana Shashṭhī' in custom, where the word Subbarāyana is the kannada version of the Sanskrit word of Subrahmaṇya Rāja.