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Parvati, reborn as Himavan's child, is sent to serve Siva, who is in deep penance, while the demon Tarakasura awaits a child of Siva to defeat him. Siva, initially unmoved by Parvati's beauty, ultimately recognizes her determination through her penance and tests her faith in disguise. Their marriage is arranged with divine intervention, leading to Siva transforming into a handsome figure to appease Parvati's mother, Mena.

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Parvati, reborn as Himavan's child, is sent to serve Siva, who is in deep penance, while the demon Tarakasura awaits a child of Siva to defeat him. Siva, initially unmoved by Parvati's beauty, ultimately recognizes her determination through her penance and tests her faith in disguise. Their marriage is arranged with divine intervention, leading to Siva transforming into a handsome figure to appease Parvati's mother, Mena.

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​ ati who ended her life was reborn as Himavan's child, Parvati.

Parvati was called by her father​


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​Himavan. She was told to go serve Siva who was engaged in the most severe penance. Siva​
​was unaware of Parvati's and even Nandeeshwara's services. The celestials were waiting for​
​this circumstance. Tarakasura, the evil demon had received a boon that he could only be killed​
​by the one born of Siva. Since Siva had lost his wife, and had retired into the forest, the demon​
​believed that such a one would never exist. Indra sent Manmatha, the God of Desire to shoot​
​five arrows at Siva the moment he opened his eyes.​

​ iva holds the mriga, the deer, signifying the heart with feelings, in his grip. Manmatha, who is​
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​formless riding on his vehicle, Spring Time, was waiting for his opportunity. The moment Siva​
​opened his eyes and glanced at Parvati, Manmatha shot his flowery arrows at Siva. Siva, who is​
​unmoved, Sthanu, as Mallikarjuna, looked. He recognized the feeling, "Who is she?" He was​
​upset. He searched with his third eye to find the culprit that caused the disturbance. At once he​
​dispatched a missile, an astra and burnt Manmatha who was hiding in the shrubs to ashes. He​
​is Parama Siva. Parvati trembled at his fury.​

​ he realized that she could never win him over with her beauty. She knew that she could win​
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​him only through penance. She took a vow against her mother Mena's wish, to perform penance​
​until Siva himself decides to seek her. Siva left. He went to Manasa Kailasa. They both​
​performed penance to obtain one another. Siva, pleased with Parvati's penance approached her​
​in the guise of a brahmachari, a celibate mendicant and tested her determination. Pleased with​
​her unwavering faith, Siva sought her hand in marriage.​

​ he rishis approached Himavan on Siva's behalf. The marriage between Siva and Parvati was​
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​arranged. Who would bring Parvati in a traditional manner? Brother Mainaka was submerged in​
​the ocean as described in Sundara Kanda of Ramayana. Vishnu, Parvati's older brother brought​
​the bride. Brahma with four faces chanted the mantras of all the four Vedas. The wedding altar​
​that was naturally decorated with Fire, waterfalls, and mountains looked splendid. Siva the​
​bridegroom approached riding the bull.​

​ ena, Parvati's mother was horrified at the looks of her would-be son-in-law. The moment she​
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​experienced that feeling of horror, Siva transformed himself into the most handsome and​
​charming Sundareswara. (The Bhajan Sundara sundara Siva​

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