Originally posted by: shruti.nil
@aastha he didnt exactly fall in love with Mohini
he and Mohini had to have ayyapan beacuse one asur very smartly asked that his death should be by the son of Mahadev and Vishnu-hence Mohini(an avatar of Vishnu) and Shiva had to have a child,so it was more a need of the hour over anything else!
but in my opinion many folklore's have sensationalized the story far too much-TOO MUCH😆,and made it sound like he fell in love with Mohini and all those things!
Mohni did emerge during the Samdura Manthan-but she was more like a form rather than an avatar of Vishnu meant to be taken when needed
and the Ayyapan incident happened much later!
Make that her. The asuri in question was Mahishi - sister of Mahishashur. She wanted to avenge her brother's death @ the hands of Ma Durga, so she did her penances to Brahma, and asked him to grant that she be slain by the offspring of Shiva & Vishnu. I'm guessing that Mahadev couldn't be the female in this relationship, so it fell on Narayan herself 😆 as Mohini.
Narayan took that Mohini form on 3 instances - the samudra manthan, the destruction of Bhasmasura and the birth of Manikanthan/Ayappa.
Back to the original question, I too am familiar w/ these 4 - Kartikeya, Ganesh, Manasi Devi and Ayappa. On top of that, there were 2 more creations by Mahadev alone, not involving Parvati - a one eyed demon Andhaka, and another was the planet Mars. On Parvati's end, other than Vinayak/Ganesh, she never tried to create anybody on her own.
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