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Murugan -the god of war!
he's known by many names such as
Murugan,Arumugam,Skanda,Subramania,Shanmukha,
Guha,Devasenapati,Kumara and Mahasena.

According to Vana Parva of Mahabharata
Skanda was born to Agni and Swaha.. for the purpose of destroying the growing army of demons and their leader Taraka,and to maryy the beautiful ousin of Indra,Devasena ..

Swaha was in love with Agni and she approached him under the guise of Siva(the wife of Angirasa,not to be confused with Shiva who is Rudra/Sankara)..
Agni happily accepting her as his wife ,because he him-self was in love with the wives of the seven sages.He married and copulated with Swaha thinking that she is Siva(wife o f Angirasa) in the forest.
Swaha thought to her-self that if she was impregnated with the child
then it would cause a slur amongst the wives of the sages and so ,she took the form of a bird to fly out of the forest easily carrying the seed of Agni, she then threw away his seed in a lake.

After she threw away the seed of Agni inside the lake she continued her love-play taking forms of six of the wives of the Saptarishis.. continuing her act she threw away Agni's seed six times inside the same lake on the first lunar day.Swaha could not take the form of Arundhati because of here devotion to her husband Vasishta.
When the sages knew of this incident they divorced their wives doubting their chastity and these wives of the six sages of the Spatarishis came to be known as the Kritikas.

Soon a child of terrible prowess was formed out the seed in the lake and the fact that the child was a cast-off ,the sages named him as Skanda.The baby assumed its form on the second lunar day and grew to the size of a little child on the third and his limbs developed on the fourth.Having six faces,twelve limbs and sharp teeth, the child being surrounded by masses of red clouds flashing lightning, resembled the rising sun!
then seizing the bow used by Rudra to destroy the three cities, he uttered a terrible roar ,then the entire universe trembled at his voice!

Skanda became adept in the art of war and served under Indra as the generalissimo of his army and married Indra's cousin(not daughter) Devasena-who waited for her destined husband before he was even born.

In other texts such as the Shiva Maha Purana and Kumarasambhavam, Lord Karthikeya was born to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.

Description
Murugan -the god of war!
he's known by many names such as
Murugan,Arumugam,Skanda,Subramania,Shanmukha,
Guha,Devasenapati,Kumara and Mahasena.

According to Vana Parva of Mahabharata
Skanda was born to Agni and Swaha.. for the purpose of destroying the growing army of demons and their leader Taraka,and to maryy the beautiful ousin of Indra,Devasena ..

Swaha was in love with Agni and she approached him under the guise of Siva(the wife of Angirasa,not to be confused with Shiva who is Rudra/Sankara)..
Agni happily accepting her as his wife ,because he him-self was in love with the wives of the seven sages.He married and copulated with Swaha thinking that she is Siva(wife o f Angirasa) in the forest.
Swaha thought to her-self that if she was impregnated with the child
then it would cause a slur amongst the wives of the sages and so ,she took the form of a bird to fly out of the forest easily carrying the seed of Agni, she then threw away his seed in a lake.

After she threw away the seed of Agni inside the lake she continued her love-play taking forms of six of the wives of the Saptarishis.. continuing her act she threw away Agni's seed six times inside the same lake on the first lunar day.Swaha could not take the form of Arundhati because of here devotion to her husband Vasishta.
When the sages knew of this incident they divorced their wives doubting their chastity and these wives of the six sages of the Spatarishis came to be known as the Kritikas.

Soon a child of terrible prowess was formed out the seed in the lake and the fact that the child was a cast-off ,the sages named him as Skanda.The baby assumed its form on the second lunar day and grew to the size of a little child on the third and his limbs developed on the fourth.Having six faces,twelve limbs and sharp teeth, the child being surrounded by masses of red clouds flashing lightning, resembled the rising sun!
then seizing the bow used by Rudra to destroy the three cities, he uttered a terrible roar ,then the entire universe trembled at his voice!

Skanda became adept in the art of war and served under Indra as the generalissimo of his army and married Indra's cousin(not daughter) Devasena-who waited for her destined husband before he was even born.

In other texts such as the Shiva Maha Purana and Kumarasambhavam, Lord Karthikeya was born to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.