Tarakasura
Tarakasura is an asura who was destroyed by Kartikeya when he led the army of the devas.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Surapadma, Rudra, Maheshvara, Himavan, Krittikas, Kumara, Virabahu, Paravani, Krichi, Brahmacharini, Prakandasura, Agni, Ganesha, Parvati, Indra, Ganga, Brahma, Vayu, Rati, Skanda, Shakti, Śiva, Kamadeva, Lakshmi, Saraswati
- allied with
- Simhamukha
- served by
- Krowchaka
Mentioned by
- Agni
- Ganesha
- Parvati
- Indra
- Ganga
- Brahma
- Vayu
- Rati
- Skanda
- Shakti
- Śiva
- Kamadeva
- Lakshmi
- Saraswati
- Murugan
- Simhamukha
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Kartikeya killed Tarakasura and his lieutenant Krowchaka with his vel. While Tarakasura was confused at facing Shiva's son, as he thought his war was not with Shiva, Kartikeya felt it necessary to vanquish him.”
#11956 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In another version, Karthikeya was born to kill the demon, Tarakasura. He was raised by the Krittikas and led the divine armies when he was 6 days old. It is said that after defeating Tarakasura, the god forgave him and transformed him into his ride, the peacock.”
#22519 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“At this time, the gods were troubled by the asura Tarakasura, who had received a boon from Brahma granting him invulnerability except at the hands of a son of Shiva. In order to induce Shiva to marry and father a child, the gods enlisted Kamadeva, the god of love and desire.”
#30332 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001