Kartikeya god marriage and family book

This mantra is believed to bring vivaha yog or marriage yog quickly for the girl who has mastered this mantra. Let us always remember gods plans for the marriage union so that we can honor them and fulfill gods purposes. The mantra sadhana should be done every day for six months, excluding the days of the monthly cycle. However according to the skanda purana, kartikeya is said to be the elder son of lord shiva and goddess parvati, and the brother of lord ganesha. He is the son of parvati and shiva, brother of ganesha, and a god whose life. Lord shiva is the unmanifest divinity, while lord kartikeya is the manifest. As a pastor, i regularly search for those texts that might be used in marriage counseling with couples, in premartial counseling, and with teens and preteens in the church. The god of desire finished with annihilation of kamadeva by shiva and finally his marriage to parvati. And her work on kartikeya one of the three new books she has out this month is not merely a recounting of the god s story in modern language, but an inspired and imaginative retelling. There is an interesting story of a competition between two brothers, lord ganesha and lord kartikeya and how lord kartikeya subsequently chose to live in tamil region.

Characterized by exemplary exegetical analysis, kostenbergers book is a refreshing and welcome addition to the current debate on marriage and the family. Jan 01, 2002 god created marriage as a loyal partnership between one man and one woman. There is a story about lord kartikeya from the puranas. Ganesha with all his bulk and only a mouse as his vehicle was sure to lose to the agile kartikeya who flew on a peacock.

This novel about the hindu god kartikeya tries bravely to twist old myths into. It is more than a husbands and wifes love for each other vastly more. Kartikeya is quintessentially brave, intelligent, and perfection personified because of. Murugan and his two wives valli and devasena or devayani. Sep 4, 2017 beautiful divine family shiva, parvati, ganesh and kartikeya. He comes down from the mountain and learns the ways of the world, in order to provide for his children. According to the legend, murugan is married to two deities. Once, while they were enjoying an intimate moment, a small quantity of shivas vital fluid fell on the ground. This new edition includes an assessment of the familyintegrated church movement. Lord shiva family lord shiva, mata parvati, lord ganesha and. In north of india called kartik, is believed to be the elder son of shiva and. He was created by all the gods to lead the heavenly hosts and destroy the demons.

He is also the primary deity of the kaumaram sect of hinduism. To provide an integrated, biblical treatment of the full range of marriage and family issues, the authors of god, marriage, and family examine what scripture says about gods purposes for humans in their marriage and family interactions. The praying person is not automatically cured of all of his faults, but he will have a heart that wants to do right. Both his mother, mrinalini sarabhai, and his sister, mallika sarabhai. The performer of a thousand sacrifices then thought of devasena, whom he has rescued before. The destroyers son by anuja chandramouli goodreads. In fact, she started out as an early vedic goddess who symbolized the aspect of rivers and mothers, essentially pertaining to her powers of healing and purifying. Mar 10, 2016 shiva is also known as adiyogi shiva, regarded as the patron god of yoga, meditation and arts karthigai deepam is an interesting festival thats celebrated to glorify the gods. The first one is devasana also called devayani or deivanai, the daughter of lord. As mentioned in my previous blog, to experience a successful dating life and eventual marriage, christian singles need to first understand the divine purposes of marriage. And in this, comes out the essence which was these accounts original motive before form trumped content, and ritual bested right conduct. God the father and a god the mother are concepts that cross religious barriers. Significance of lord kartikeya and a story from skanda purana. Now the three worlds are waiting with bated breath for the birth of the natural son of shiva who will fight the evil trio of soora, simha and taraka and free the.

According to south indian tradition, kartikeya has two wives, valli and devasena aka devanai. Epic fights between gods and demons are not unusual to hinduism, and. Offering special rituals on the day gives the power to shed off fear and bring success in all spheres of life. We live in a time of crisis regarding marriage and the family, and only by a return to the biblical foundation can these institutions be rebuilt.

Yet another sun god, associated especially with wealth. When i first started trying to map out a hindu god family tree, daksha confused the heck out of me. As i discuss in this answer, while valli isnt really mentioned much in hindu scripture, devasena definitely is. Lord shiva family lord shiva, mata parvati, lord ganesha. Both his mother, mrinalini sarabhai, and his sister, mallika sarabhai, are bharatanatyam dancers and social activists.

According to skandpuran, goddess sasthi is the daughter of brahma. Lord kartikeya is the brother of lord ganesha, the other son of lord shiva and goddess parvati. No family ever breaks up while sincerely praying together for gods help. In the sanskrit tradition, skanda is either an eternal brahmacarin bachelor or the husband of a rather. In indian mythology, lord kartikeya is son of lord shiva and goddess durga, and the. But mostly he is portrayed using a spear, known as sakti. Lord kartikeya, birth of lord kartikeya, lord murugan. This book will prove to be a valuable resource for personal and group study, christian counseling, and marriage and family courses.

He is also seen riding a peacock, which is his vahana. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. If you want the bible on these questions, this is the book. And her work on kartikeya one of the three new books she has out this month is not merely a recounting of the gods story in modern. Attributes and symbols of lord kartikeya being the god of war and victory, lord kartikeya carries a number of weapons, like the divine spear or lance, known as the vel.

Kartikeya sarabhai was born into the rich and reputed sarabhai family of ahmedabad, is the grandson of industrialist ambalal sarabhai. Lord kartikeya is a hindu god, the son of shiva and parvati, and is a much revered deity especially in south india. What therefore god has joined together, let not man put. She is betrothed to kartikeya by indra, when he becomes the commanderinchief of the gods. Subramanya also known as kartikeya in hindi, is a hindu lord. Nov 23, 2018 the story of the birth of lord kartikeya or murugan has different versions. If you are looking for just another collection of saccharine cliches about shiny happy christian families, then you might want to leave this volume on the book store. Aug 21, 2015 lord kartikeya lord karthikeya also called by several other names as subrahmanya, skanda, shanmuka and kumaraswami, is very famously worshipped throughout india and also abroad. The story of murugans courtship and his union with the daughter of the hunters, valli, is the most important of all tamil myths of the second marriage of a god. It is our endeavor to use this platform and ministry that god has given us to strengthen our community by helping to heal as many marriages as we possibly can. Brahma and vishnu pleased by his braveness, and give him a blessing.

Tremendous amount of heat began emanating from it and it threatened to engulf the entire world in flames. Vikram sarabhai, is widely regarded as the father of indias space programme. Instead of building gods kingdom, raising godly children, or providing companionship, couples neglect these pursuits for other things which ultimately cripple their marriage. Apr 19, 2015 kartikeya mantra for girls marriage then after this, the mantra has to be chanted every day in the same manner for 11 malas or 1188 mantra chants. Kartikeya is quintessentially brave, intelligent, and perfection personified because of which he is worshipped as the god of war and victory. Kartikeya is elder son of lord shiva and goddess parvati, but he is not worshiped much compared to his dad, mother and brother. Shiva is also known as adiyogi shiva, regarded as the patron god of yoga, meditation and arts karthigai deepam is an interesting festival thats celebrated to glorify the gods. This was a book that i was interested to read because its focus is kartikeya, the older though in some accounts younger son of shiv, the god of destruction and his consort parvati. Observe how his two children, ganesha and kartikeya, are different. The concept in hinduism of shiva and parvati kalyana represent the masculine and feminine nature of god. As he was breastfed by six krittika deities, he is called kartikeya. It is their younger son, the elephantheaded ganesha who is more popular.

In any case, after kartikeya was born and had proven his prowess in battle, indra made him general of the gods and then gave him devasenas hand in marriage. Lord kartikeya kartikeya is the first son of shiva. Her name is also spelled as teyvanai or tevayanai teyva. We are brent and angel rhodes, a certified relationship coaches, masters in marriage and family counseling. God, marriage and the family roderick booker northwest university matc final project dr. Significance of lord kartikeya and a story from skanda.

The third book of mahabharata narrates the tale of the birth of kartikeya which. If you visit temples in our country, rarely any temple will have an idol for kartikeya, whereas the temple will always have idols of lord shiva and ganesha and atleast a photo frame of goddess parvati. Ganesha and kartikeya sons of lord shiv and parvati once had a wager. Beautiful divine family shiva, parvati, ganesh and. Kartikeya iconography shows him as a youthful god, dressed as a warrior, carrying the weapon called vel. Devasena is a hindu goddess and the first wife of the god kartikeya. Marriage is the firmest foundation for building a family.

Since then, explain authors andreas kostenberger and david jones, the crisis confronting modern households has only intensified, and yet the solution remains the same. This symbolizes the sharp, triangular lance, or vel, is the sacred weapon of the hindu war god murugan also called skanda, kartti. When kartikeya was a young child, his father, lord shiva asked him to go and study and receive education from lord brahma. He is known by various names like murugan, shanmukha shanmuga, subhramanian, shadanana, guha, senthil, saravana, kumaraswamy and skanda. God designed sexual expression to help married couples build intimacy. If you do darshan of the two children, you realise that they take care of our basic human needs. He is the commanderinchief of the army of the devas and the son of shiva. They decided that whoever goes around the universe 7 times and comes back first will be the first to get married. In southindian accounts, devasena is generally depicted as an antithesis of valli, her cowife. So you can think of lord kartikeya as symbolic of the kundalini shakti. Devasena is often described as the daughter of indra, the king of the devas. Therefore, worshiping kartik is in vogue in desire of having child. Aug 25, 2017 yet another sun god, associated especially with wealth.

Marriage of god strengthening communities one marriage. This empathy is what the marriage of shiva represents. For example, he was a major god for the ikshvakus, an andhra dynasty, as well as for the gupta empire. A feminine deity of wisdom, art, music, knowledge, and writing alphabet, saraswati or sarasvati she who possesses water or later speech wasis an important figure among the ancient hindu gods and goddesses. Kartikeya is also known as subramaniam, skanda, guha, shadannana or shanmukha because he has six faces. His other weapons are a mace, a bow, a sword, a discus, a javelin. In our book, we discuss how the enemy has ravaged our culture and erected many obstacles, fears, mindsets and wrong beliefs about marriage and even, dating, so that weve become messed up around this thing called lifelong. See more ideas about lord murugan, hindu deities and gods and goddesses. In some texts it is said that he is the son of agni or the god of fire.

One of the books i flipped through said he was the brother of ushas, but another claimed ushas was the child of dyaus and prithvi. This outstanding work will help academicians, pastors, counselors, and anyone who genuinely seeks to understand god s design from a biblical perspective. He was created to destroy demons, symbolising negative tendencies of human beings. Gods plan for marriage related media then god said, let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. According to a mythological story, kartikeya once had a duel as to who was the elder of the two. Devi parvati garlanding her beloved shiva during their wedding ceremony. In south india, eight of the early pallava dynasty rulers 300550 ce were named after skanda or kumara, suggesting the significance of kartikeya by then. This might sound like the plot of a fantasy book or movie, but this is actually the. Lord kartikeya, the son of lord shiva and goddess parvati, is known by different names lord swaminatha, lord murugan, skand and more. Karttikeya, also known as murugan, skanda, kumara, and subrahmanya, is the hindu god of war.

Anuja chandramoulis bestselling mythology based novel kartikeya, the destroyers son is based on war god kartikeys legend. God, marriage, and family 9781433503641 by andreas kostenberger, david jones. Typing class, lesson and course overviews careers working with families. Seventeen rules for a happy marriage from gods great book. Other important myths include the marriage of kartikeya to indras daughter. April 19, 2015 this is the kumara or the kartikeya mantra to be chanted by a girl of marriageable age to find a suitable groom. He is the most masculine and fierce of all the gods. Sep 18, 2018 as for history, while some versions of kartikeya like kumara do appear in the early vedic literature pre bc, it is possible that the deity gained prominence only after 3rd century bc evident from the indian epics and sangam literature. He is the war god, the hindu equivalent of mars and aries. Now the three worlds are waiting with bated breath for the birth of the natural son of shiva who will fight the evil trio of soora, simha and taraka and free the worlds and devas from their tyranny. As tarakasura has boon from which he cant be killed by anyone except son of shiva, kartikeya fights against tarakasura and win. God has given a personal guarantee that he will answer. Her story is told in the vana parva of the mahabharata. Subramanyamurugan is worshipped primarily in the tamil speaking population that includes tamil nadu, sri lanka, mauritius, indonesia, malaysia, and singapore.

After their marriage, lord shiva and parvati lived happily at mt. Kartikeya, represented sometimes with only one face, is generally known as having six faces. Once devasena was kidnapped by the asura keshi, and after being rescued by indra she told him this. God created marriage as a loyal partnership between one man and one woman. Nov 10, 2018 commander of god kartikeya is called kumar. Lord kartikeya lord karthikeya also called by several other names as subrahmanya, skanda, shanmuka and kumaraswami, is very famously worshipped throughout india and also abroad. Nov 22, 2016 kartikeya also known as murugan, skanda and subramnya is the hindu god of war. The story of the birth of lord kartikeya or murugan has different versions. The release of the landmark first edition of god, marriage, and family provided an integrated, biblical treatment of gods purposes for the home.