gangavataranam contd

Devathas were ashamed of their act. Shiva ,along with parvathi went to Himalayas and did penance.As Shiva went for penance, Devathas did not have senapathi.They went to Brahama and pleaded with him to provide them with senapathi.Then Brahma told them that they could not have children due to Parvathis curse. He would make Ganga bear a child withAgni deva. As gangas son would also be Parvathis son, Parvathi would love that child and would not harm him.

Devathas then requestd Agnideva to release shivathejas into Ganga for which she also obliged.Ganga could not bear that Shiva thaejas and told Agnideva .he told her to release the foetus at teh fot of Himalayas if she could not bear it.From the released thejas.gold and silver came into existanc.From its friction, copper and iron came into existance.from its dirt, mercury and metals were formed.kailasam became golden mountain.So gold was also called as jatharupam.Kumaraswamy was born. Kruthikas bathed him and fed him with milk.As he was born from aborted foetus(skannam),he was also called as skandudu.He drank the milk for only one day. Later he became ferocious and defeated Rakshasa infantry.From then he became senapathi of devatha.