Kumarsambhavam a beautiful long poem an epic poem of it chantoes written by the great poet Kalidas has secured a place in the list of Mahakavyas in Sanskrit literature. There in is the story of the birth of Kumar Kartikeya. Kumar the valient / a brave son of Shiva and Parvati is Kartikeya. There was a demon named Tarakasur. He harassed the Gods very much. To be free from this distress following the advice of Lord Brahma if a marriage takes place between Uma, the daughter of Himalaya and Shiv and a son born to them will be able to kill the demon Tarakasur. So the Gods undertake to see that the marriage of Lord Shiva and Parvati takes place.
There is description of the marriage of Shiva and Parvati in the 1 to 8 'sargas' i.e. chapter of Kumarsambhavam. In the first chapter in this section there is description of Himalaya, in the second Brahma's suggested remedy to destroy Tarakasur, in the third along with the description of spring the burning of Madan i.e. Kama is there in the fourth there is the heart touching description of Rati's mourning, in the fifth we find the story pf Parvati's penance, the test held of Parvati by Shiva as a Brahmachari and also of Shiva's acceptance of Parvati. After that in the chapters nine to seventeen
we find the story from the birth of Kartikeya to the slain of Tarakasur.