The
Balakanda of Ramayana has a different version, though Karthikeya
in his role of Army-General killed Taraka. According to
it. Gods wanted Siva to preserve his energy for denavasamhara.
though Siva applauded the request, he admitted that he had
already discharged his seed.
Gods then requested the Earth. Agni and Vayu to receive
the seed and enter it. Agni at once entered the seed which
turned into a white mountain from which Karthikeya was born.
He was the aspect of Siva and so inherited invincibility
that destroyed the Asurakula.
