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Lord Shiva and Parvati lived happily at Gandhamadan Mountain enjoying every bit of their conjugal life.Once it so happened that a small quantity of Shiva's sperm fell on the ground while he was enjoyingintimate moments with Parvati. As a result, tremendous amount of heat was generated and the wholeworld started burning.Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu instructed Agni to employ some means so that thedestruction caused by Shiva's over flowing sperms could come to an end.Agni went to Gandhamadanmountain in the guise of a hermit. He requested Parvati by saying---'O Mother! Please give mesomething as alms. I have nothing but my hands as a begging bowl'Parvati kept Shiva's sperms on his palm, which was eaten up by Agni. Parvati was enraged to see this and cursedAgni--"You have shown disrespect to me. From today onwards you would become omnivorous. The spermswhich you have devoured would cause unbearable inflammation in your body."As the result of Parvati's curse, Agni really started experiencing unbearable inflammation in his body.He requested Lord Shiva to reveal the means by which his pain would come to an end. Lord Shivainstructed Agni to implant those sperms in any woman's womb to get rid of the unbearableinflammation.Thus, Agni, who was suffering from extreme heat that generated in his body, sat at alonely place waiting eagerly for a woman to arrive there.He did not have to wait for too long, as six