According
to one legend, he was the son of Uma and Maheswar. He was
burn only to put an end to the astocities of Taraka, a cruel
demon, who perpetrated countless wicked acts ondevas for
years. When the entire amarakula was totally debilitated,
they sought help of Lord Srimannarayanan, who counselled
that the son born to Lord Siva alone would kill that remorseless
Danava. But Siva was doing penance after the self - immolation
of Sati, reborn as Parvathi and was in full bloom at this
time. and she was offering worship to Lord Siva at the behest
of her father Himavan.
They utilised the services of manmatha to awaken his love
instincts. Poor Manmatha was burnt to ashes, when the Lordopened
his third eye as punishment for disturbing his tapes, yet
in the end Siva was wedded to Parvathi and the son begotten
to them became the Chief-marshal of Amarasena, who vanquished
Taraka; and devas breathed freely. Devendra gave his doughter
Devasena to the valorous Subrafmanya in wedding then. This
legend was immortalised by Kalidas in his Kumarasambhava.
