Tarakasura
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The demon whose boon that he could only be slain by a son of Shiva set the entire Puranic narrative of Kartikeya's birth in motion.
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Why did Lord Shiva release his Tejas, and who was able to hold it?
The deities' anxious weeping and prayers over Tarakasura eventually disturbed Lord Shiva's seclusion with Parvati; angered, he released his divine Tejas onto the earth, declaring that whoever could sustain it should do so — and only Lord Agni, taking the form of a dove, was able to gather it.
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