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- According to the Skanda Purana, six divine sparks emerged from Shiva, forming six separate baby boys. These boys were raised by handmaidens known as the Krittikas. Later, Parvati fused them into one, creating the six-headed Kartikeya.
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Oct 9, 2015 · Sadhguru recounts how Kartikeya was a great experiment of embedding six beings into one body. He also clarifies the connection between sage Agastya and Kartikeya, a conversation between whom makes up the Skanda Purana, one of the major Puranas.
Kartikeya (IAST: Kārtikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the son of the deities Shiva and Parvati and the brother of Ganesha. Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times.
Kartikeya's Birth and Childhood: The Skanda Purana provides a detailed account of Kartikeya's miraculous birth, his nurturing by the six Krittikas, and his early life. It describes his education under various sages and gods, preparing him for his role as the commander of the divine army.
- Circumstances of The Birth of Karttikeya
- Birth of Karttikeya
- Name, Parentage and Commission as Gods’ Army Commander
- War Against Tarakasura and His Elimination
- Karttikeya’S Family
- Karttikeya’S Other Feats
- Vow of Celibacy
Not in natural course but by gods’ manipulation Karttikeya was born for eliminating Tarakasura, a mighty demon with a boon of invincibility against all except one not older than seven days. Born of Varangi by Vajaranga, the son of Prajapati Kashyapa by his wife Danu, Tarakasura was in the line of Brahma. Kashyapa, Brahma’s grandson, had twenty-one ...
Themselves disabled by Parvati’s curse gods looked to Shiva who alone could breed a child that would kill Tarakasura. To convince Shiva for it was, however, far more difficult. After his marriage, he was engaged in love with Parvati and even after a hundred (the Shiva Mahapurana puts it as ‘thousand’) ‘divya’ years – two-third of Brahma’s total lif...
By calculation of time Brahma learnt that the child whose birth the gods had long awaited was born. The Shiva Mahapurana acclaims that after Parvati learnt that the child by Shiva’s seed was born she summoned all gods and asked each one about the child’s whereabouts. All except Vayu, Moon and Twilight expressed ignorance. Vayu, the first to reach S...
Filled with fresh hopes only the other day gods challenged demons for war. Accepting the challenge ‘asuras’ – demons, under the leadership of mighty warriors like Tarakasura, Mahishasura, Banasura among others, entered the battle-field and a fierce battle ensued. Initially, the army of gods moved under the leadership of Indra and then Virabhadra an...
Except that she has been sometimes seen as a symbolic name of gods’ army that he commanded, Devasena, a term meaning ‘army of gods’, is the unanimously accepted name of Karttikeya’s wife. He had by her three sons : Shakha, Vishakha and Naigameya, though in some texts they have been alluded to as his mere manifestations. The Mahabharata alludes to V...
Scriptures are replete with tales of the prowess and benevolence of Karttikeya. Once Indra received reports of the birth of a child who was as effulgent as the rising sun emerged in all likeliness for dislodging him from his position. In consultation with other gods he decided to remove the child from his way. Though a mere child, he engaged Indra ...
After he killed Tarakasura gods’ fear and Parvati’s excessive love not only made him slightly arrogant but also much interested in women. When words reached Parvati’s ears, for bringing him to the right path she infused herself in all women with the result that in every woman’s face Karttikeya saw the face of his mother. Remorseful for his sins and...
- Birth of Kartikeya. The birth of Lord Murugan was proposed. When Tarakasura acquired a boon from Lord Brahma to be invincible by anyone but Lord Shiva’s seed, his viciousness grew.
- Tarakasura. Tarakasur was previously known as Tarak, who acquired immense knowledge and power through the worship of Lord Brahma. Kartikeya was born with the purpose of killing this Asura.
- Kartikeya and his peacock. Lord Kartikeya is seen riding a beautiful peacock named paravane. The peacock was once an Asura named Surapadman. Lord Kartikeya had a ferocious victory over him, Surapadman conceded to him to spare his life.
- Kartikeya and war. Kartikeya is known as the god of war. He was the Senapati (general) of the army of gods who went on a war with Tarakasur. He has also been said as the god of war by Lord Krishna in Mahabharata.
Apr 28, 2020 · Agni Deva gifted Him a Divine weapon ‘Shakti’. Six Goddesses arrived at the scene and all of them tried to feed breast milk but the miracle Boy solved the problem of assuming Six Heads and mouths. He was thus known as Shanmukha.
1. Murugan. 2, Kumara. 3. Subramanya. 4. Skanda. 5. Guha. 6. Shadanana. 7. Shanmukha. 8. Saravana. Iconography of Lord Murugan: Lord Murugan is often depicted as an ever-youthful man carrying a Vel in his right hand. Some images show him with six faces with his two wives sitting on his two laps.
