Shri Kartikey Katha

Sanatan Dharma ke anusaar, Bhagwan Shiva aur Mata Parvati ke do putra the. Bade putra ka naam Kartikeya tha, aur chhote putra ka naam Ganesha tha. Lord Kartikeya ke janm ki kahani is prakar hai:

Ek samay ki baat hai, jab Devi Sati, jo Lord Shiva ki patni thi, apne pati parivar ke dwaara ki gayi anadar se naraz ho gayi. Apne gusse mein, unhone apne aap ko Daksha ke yagya kund mein jalakar tyag diya. Isi samay, Lord Shiva, sansarik moh aur icchaon se mukt ho kar tapasya mein vyasth the.Is dauran, Himalaya parvat ke mahal mein, Devi Parvati unki beti ke roop mein janm li. Jab bahut samay baad woh unki beti bani, to Raja Himalaya khush hokar unka naam Parvati rakha.

Wahi samay, Prithvi par ek rakshas Tarakasura tha jo bhay macha raha tha, aur swarg mein uski upasthiti devtaon ko pareshan kar rahi thi. Tarakasura ne gambhir tapasya se varadan prapt kiya tha ki sirf Lord Shiva ki santan usse hara sakti hai.

Parantu Lord Shiva Himalayas mein tapasya mein lin the aur prapt nahi kiye ja sakte the. Is sthiti mein devtaon ne is karya ko prem ke devta Kamadeva par saunpa. Kamadeva, duniya ke hit ke liye Lord Shiva ke man mein Parvati ke prati prem ki bhavna jagane ki koshish karke apna prem baan unpar nishana lagaya.

Isi samay, Lord Shiva ki dhyan bhanga gaya aur unka tapasya disturb hua. Unhone apni teesri aankh kholi, Kamadeva ko raakh mein badal diya. Kamadeva ki patni Rati ki prarthana par, Lord Shiva ne unhe punah zinda kiya, lekin woh sirf Rati ke alawa sabke liye adrisya rahe.

Kamadeva ke prem baan ke prabhav se, Lord Shiva Parvati ke prati akarshan mehsoos karne lage, jo unki apni divya patni thi. Lekin Sati ki atma-dahan aur unki tapasya mein bhanga daalne ke karan, unka krodh teeno lokon mein phail gaya.

Isi samay, Ganga Devi, Lord Shiva ke jate hue baalon mein beh rahi thi, aur unka krodh Saravana van tak pahunch gaya, jahan Lord Kartikeya ka jivan utpann hua. Chhah devi kumariyan unka palan-poshan kiya, aur baad mein Devi Parvati ne in chhah bachchon ko ek mein milakar Kartikeya ka janm diya. Kartikeya ka janm devtaon ko Tarakasura ko harane ki avashyakta ke karan hua tha, aur baad mein unhone devtaon ki sena ko demon ko parajit karne mein netritva kiya. In chhah devi kumariyon ke palan-poshan se unka naam “Kartikeya” pada.