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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Shiva released his Tejas onto the earth for whoever could sustain it, and only Agni, in the form of a dove, could gather 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.
Why Kartikeya left Kailash for Krauncha mountain in the south
The speaker says that when Kartikeya returned from the earth parikrama, Narada — made the sutradhar before every great event, which is why he is called the mind of Bhagavan — told him by Shiva's inspiration that his parents had used the parikrama as a pretext to marry Ganesha, who now had two wives and two sons. Kartikeya bowed to his parents in anger, renounced Kailash despite their pleas, and went south to Krauncha mountain, where he remained Kumar for ever; the name Kumar destroys sins and grants Brahmacharya. The speaker calls the whole leela a matter of deep secrecy: it laid the foundation for the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, was tied to Shiva's tasks against the three sons of Tarakasura at the Tripura slaying, and was a device to send Kartikeya south, for otherwise the asuras rampant there would have kept harming Sanatan — which is why he is in the south even today.
Narad told Shiva the Mahalila had removed the pride of his Ganas and of the Devas alike, and asked him to end it
That by performing a Mahalila Shiva had removed the pride of his Ganas — and by giving this boy strength had destroyed the pride of the Devas too. Now, Narad says, do not continue the Lila; honour and protect the Ganas and the Devas, do not indulge him further, and kill Ganesh.
Is there a dosha if puja begun at ten at night ends after twelve?
Asked whether a dosha attaches if puja paath begun at ten ends after twelve, the speaker says that if you recite at ten in the morning — since the questioner wrote the name Tarakasura — that is in the same way considered a rakshasi karma. Try to do it in the morning if you can; that would be much better, and you should at least complete it by eight. But if your arrangement is such that you do a night shift job, of which there are many where all the work has always to be done at night and you then cannot do puja in the morning, then try to do it in the evening, at least on time.
In which asana does sadhana give more fruit?
A householder should perform sadhana sitting in the ordinary sukhasana, the speaker says. For the rest, if by asana you mean something connected with skins — that it be a lion or vyaghra charmasana, that it be a mriga charmasana — then if it relates to all those things the matter becomes altogether different.
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