Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Birth of Skanda (Karttikeya)
This chapter describes Birth of Skanda (Karttikeya) located on page 31 in the book Shiva-Parvati and Allied Images (Their Iconography and Body Language). This book deals with the study of sculptures of Shiva-Parvati and other images such as the Murtis of Anugraha, Umamaheshvara and Umasahita as well as the mythological background of the deities represents by those sculptures. The two volumes contain over 700 images dedicated to the study of postures and body language of various sculptures, the sculptor’s technique.. This chapter is part of the collection Mythological Background: Marriage and conjugal life.
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The Padma Purana [by N.A. Deshpande]
Tareya, possessed of power and resembling Indra in valour, struck, with arrows, Skanda, who had killed his father in the war. 2. Then Skanda of mighty arms and equal to Vishnu in valour cut off and broke those arrows. 3. The demon suddenly screened Skanda with arrows. Then Skanda, without getting perturbed, cut them off with (his) arrows. 4. Tareya struck Skanda with fire-like arrows at the peak of fight. He (also) hurled an arrow resembling the thunderbolt. 5....
Read full contents: Chapter 69 - The Slaying of Tareya
The Gautami Mahatmya [by G. P. Bhatt]
Brahma said: 1- Another holy centre is Karttikeya pertaining to Lord Subrahmanya, well known as Kaumara. Merely by listening to its name one shall attain nobility of birth and exquisite beauty. 2. When the asura Taraka was killed and the three worlds became quiet and normal, Parvati spoke to her eldest son Karttikeya with great pleasure: 3. “By my consent and the grace of your father, be delighted in your mind....
Read full contents: Chapter 11 - Kumaratirtha
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
In this way the heroic and mighty Kartikeya slew innumerable foes of the gods possessed of great strength that came to fight with him. Then Bali s son Vana of great might, getting upon the Kraunca mountain, battled with the celestial host. Possessed of great intelligence, the great generalissimo Skanda rushed against that foe of the gods. From fear of Kartikeya, he took shelter within the Kraunca mountain....
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]