As the Story Will Tell Itself: To Become the Mouth Which Holds the Universe

Kama, god of love, trekked his way up Mount Kailash to find Lord Shiva. He had been tasked with making Shiva fall in love with the mountain princess, Parvati. Lord Brahma promised that the child of those two would be the one who would help the devas liberate heaven from the asuras once more. Even as the god of love, this was an overwhelming task. Shiva was a scary, powerful dude. Kama's legs shook with every step. Finally, Kama made it to the clearing where Shiva sat in meditation. He felt his stomach drop. He began to lose his nerve. The god of love paced around the outskirts of the clearing and tried to psych himself back up. "Can I do this? Should I do this? What will Shiva do to me if this does not work? Ah, but the other devas are counting on me! We may all be doomed if I don't do this... No pressure or anything..." Kama stifled a shout of frustration. Then he noticed Parvati entering the clearing out of the corner of his eye. His courage returned. He could d...

Recall that Sati killed herself during a sacrifice that Shiva was not invited to, and she was reborn as Parvati. So Narada does go everywhere chanting "Narayan!" Narada tells Himavat, her father, she is destined to marry Shiva. Himavat then takes her to wait upon Shiva. Parvati seemed to tirelessly work to h1lep Shiva with his rituals, attended to him in every manner, and she began to fall in love with him. Taraka is an asura who takes over heaven. Brahma granted him a boon that made him super powerful. Brahma, why do you keep creating problems? Oh... He says the son of Parvati and Shiva will defeat Taraka. Kama has a flowery bow with flowery arrows that manage to cast Shiva under the spell of love for a moment. What if Kama and Rati gather together a team of a few other love gods from other pantheons to actually help succeed in making Shiva fall in love with Parvati? There is strength in numbers. Rati is the goddess of lust, right? I am sure I do not understand ...

Oh, the story of Mahisha that I know all too well by now. But I did not know he commanded that the worship of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva be stopped. I thought no one worshiped Brahma, especially since he causes so much trouble with all of his gosh dingin' boons. I also noticed that there was no mention of these asuras actually coming after any followers of Brahma like they did for the followers of Vishnu and Shiva. Is it just me, or do a lot of these characters seem whitewashed? Maybe it is just something to help differentiate asuras from devas and comic book style coloration. Hell hath no wrath like Durga. Mahisha also turned into a lion, an elephant, and a bull besides his familiar buffalo form. And in that form, partially the head and torso becoming humanoid again, he was killed by Durga. Perfect, a story and information about Shumbha, Chanda, and Munda that I need fairly soon. Uttering "hum" will result in the one it is aimed at to turn into smoldering ash. Did ...

Brahma creates the universe for a reason but forgets it? A God becoming enchanted by his own daughter sounds like something you could expect from Greek mythology. Ew... Was the goddess who kept changing her form to escape from Brahma Saraswati? I think I remember something across and reading that story somewhere. And the Goddess being upset brought Shiva's wrath upon Brahma, which resulted in one of his heads (the fifth one) being chopped off, which represented the ego. What is a lakh womb? "By controlling the world, he believe he will validate his existence." That makes me think of all those politicians, business people, and religious figures. They all push for control over the world and others for their own selfish desires (though these people may not truly believe or understand that said desires are selfish and even harmful). These things are temporary and unfulfilling. These acts and goals are not worthy of praise or worship. So I guess if a God is like this, neit...