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Kamadeva's approach to breaking Shiva's concentration is a calculated multi-stage process. He first begins by targeting Shiva's mind, slowly destabilizing his thoughts. As the god of desire, Kamadeva introduces feelings of envy, hatred, and anger into Shiva's mind—emotions that are traditionally considered the antithesis of spiritual equilibrium.
'the eminently mighty one') [2] is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his wife , Rukmini. [3] He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Pradyumna was the reincarnation of Kamadeva, the god of love. The Mahabharata states that Pradyumna was a portion of Sanat Kumara.
[11] [17] [18] Rati-Mayavati takes a critical role in all narratives of this story where she seduces – by her Maya – both Sambara and Kama-Pradyumna, her "son" who she convinces to be her lover. All texts at the end stress on her purity, untouched by another man. [18] The Harivamsa describes Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, as "the son of ...
She is one of the two consorts of the god of love, Kamadeva, along with Rati. [2] Priti is regarded to represent affectionate love, while her co-wife, Rati, represents sensual pleasure. [3] In other interpretations, Priti is regarded to be merely an epithet of Rati. [4]
When Kamadeva shot his floral arrow at Shiva, he felt a powerful surge of attraction towards Parvati, but then observed the scheming Kamadeva and burnt him to ash. Parvati performed severe tapas in order to finally win the affection of Shiva and married him with great pomp, giving birth to Kartikeya, the son of Shiva destined to slay Taraka. [4]
According to the Puranas, Trishna is the daughter of Kamadeva or Kama, the god of love and husband of Rati; Aniruddha is her brother. [12] Vishnu Purana tells us that Anrita ('falsehood') married his own sister, Nikritti ('immorality') and had two sons, Bhaya ('fear') and Naraka ('hell'), and two daughters, Maya ('illusion' or 'deceit') and ...
[7] [12] According to Matsya Purana, Daksha, Dharma, Kamadeva, and Agni were born from Brahma's right thumb, chest, heart and eyebrows, respectively. According to many texts including the Bhagavata Purana, Daksha is born twice—First as a Manasaputra (mind-created son) of Brahma and later, as a son of Prachetas and Marisha.
Kamadeva was later born as Pradyumna, the son of Krishna and Rukmini. The asura Shambarasura learned of the prophecy that Pradyumna was born to kill him. Shambarasura came to the palace of Dvaraka in the disguise of a woman, took away Pradyumna, who was hardly ten days old at that time, and threw him into the ocean.