INTRODUCTION

KRITIKAS EPISODE

Yet one more! Another fantastic legend narrates that once Agni appeared before Siva and Parvathi, when they were consorting. The sudden appearance of Agni made Siva discharge his seed abruptly. Angry Parvathi asked Agni to bear that seed.. He humbly accepted, for fear of severe consequences, but he could not bear it longer. He threw it into the River Ganges and the later transferred it into the six Kritikas. who were bathing in the Ganges. They gave birth to children, each one. All the six were combined into one with six heads and twelve arms, but with one neck and on a belly. Later his peerless career crowned him with the generalship of celestial army along with Devendra's daughter as wife. So he was called Karthikeya, Shadanana, Agnibhu etc. He was also called Saravanabhava due to the fact 61 the seed of Siva thrown into the forest of Sara of seeds, where he was born according to another story.

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