Tripurasura’s Family Tree

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Family

• Taraka(parent)

  The three Tripurasura demons — Tarakaksha, Vidyunmali, and Kamalaksha — were the sons of Taraka, who sought vengeance for their father's death at Kartikeya's hands by performing terrible austerities and building the three invincible flying cities.

Slain by

• Shiva

  Shiva as Tripurantaka destroyed the three flying cities of the asura brothers with a single arrow at the cosmic moment all three fortresses aligned.

Associated with

• Brahma

  Brahma granted the Tripurasura demons a boon for their fierce austerities — their three flying cities of gold, silver, and iron could only be destroyed when all three aligned, and only by a single arrow, a condition the brothers believed impossible to fulfill.