All the god of Love had to do was to shoot his magical arrows: straight into Shiva’s heart. The moment was selected when Parvati came to Shiva’s presence. Kama Deva’s wife Rati Devi came to help her husband. Devas persisted upon the Cupid and on second thought, Kamadeva agreed to the proposal.Ī drama was carefully enacted in the presence of Shiva. The devas also knew the seriousness of the matter. When devas proposed the plan, Kama Deva shuddered at the thought:: what an idea! To distract the Great God’s meditation and be a target of His wrath! He knew he was heading for a great disaster. It was no ordinary arrow, but an arrow of love that would pierce any hard heart and create a feeling of love. His arrow consisting of five flowers would disturb any meditation. After all, anything was better than the destruction of all creation as a consequence of the chaos. Soon they devised a way to achieve this: It was really risky, but was worth a try. But how could that ever happen when Shiva was lost in meditation for ages? How long the devas and other holy beings should suffer? The gods thought hard and found the answer to their question: Shiva’s meditation has to be disturbed, whatever may be its other consequences. A heroic son to be born of Shiva alone could do bridle the wicked asuras.
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Hence they deduced that only Shiva could find a way to free the world from their clutches. They soon imprisoned devas.ĭevas knew that it was Shiva’s boons that made the demons almost invincible. After obtaining powerful boons from Shiva, the asura brothers and their innumerable companions devastated the Earth and tortured gods and good men. Shiva, who was pleased with their devotion, granted their wish. For this, they engaged themselves in intense austerities. The horrible demons Tarakasura and his brother Surapadman thus wanted to conquer the whole universe.
It is a strange fact that even the demons got their powers through meditation. It was a common occurrence those days, as it is today: divine powers represented by gods (Devas) and evil forces represented by demons (Asuras) alternately gained control over the universe. Nobody in the three worlds dared to disturb His concentration. Sati’s death proved a trying experience to Shiva and He soon merged in deep meditation, totally oblivious of the external world around Him. Shiva’s first wife Sati ended her life and was later re-born as Uma (Parvati) as Himavan (King of Himalayas)’s daughter. The story of Daksha Yagam is very famous.
The birth (rather, appearance) of Muruga is narrated in the famous Sanskrit classic ‘Kumara Sambhavam’ of poet Kalidasa.