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Andhakasura Punished  

 Andhaka tried to attack Lord Shiva who mounted on Nandiswara. Lord Shiva immediately jumped down from Nandiswara’s back and attacked Andhaka with his trident, which pierced his chest. Even after being seriously injured, Andhaka did not die instead; he pulled Lord Shiva for one mile holding him tightly in his clutch. Lord Shiva tried to resist by attacking for the second time.

However, Andhaka retaliated by hitting Shiva with his mace causing serious injury on his head. A stream of blood oozed out from the wound, which poured down towards all the four directions. The blood stream, which poured down towards the east, resulted into the manifestation of Bhairava named Kaalraj. Similarly, Kamaraj, Chakramala, Somaraj, Swachcharaj, Lalitraj, and Vighnaraj manifested from the other three directions.

Lord Shiva then lifted Andhaka above his head with the help of his trident, which still pierced in Andhaka’s chest. His body had become red due to the blood oozing out from Andhaka’s wound. He had tried hard to kill Andhaka and as a result, he was perspiring profusely.

The sweat drops originating from Shiva’s forehead resulted into the manifestation of a divine girl while the sweat drops that fell on the ground from Shiva’s face resulted into the manifestation of a divine boy. Both the children started gulping down the blood emanating from Andhaka’s wound.

Lord Shiva named the girl child as Charchika while the boy child named Mangal and blessed both of them. Lord Shiva held Andhaka above his head for years, which reduced his body to a skeleton. Only after that, Andhaka could comprehend about his birth....

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