After some time, Lord Shiva came by. The guard stopped Him. The Lord said, "What a fool are you! I am the Lord of Parvati. Who are you to refuse Me to enter My house?" The guard said, "You may be anyone but I have instruction to allow no one to enter here." They fight. Lord Shiva cuts off the head of the guard with His trident. They fight. Lord Shiva cuts off the head of the guard with His trident.

Mother Parvati comes and finds Her son lying on the floor headless. She is angry. She says, "I will be happy only if my son comes to life again." It was not possible to stitch back the head smashed by Lord Shiva's trident. So Shiva sent out His ganas with an instruction that they should cut and bring the head of the first living being they see lying with its head towards the North. During their search, they found an elephant sleeping with his head towards the North. They cut the head of the elephant and brought it to Lord Shiva. He joined the elephant head with the truncated body of the guard and imparted life to it. Thus, the elephant-faced Ganesha was born.

How Ganesha's got His Modaka
Once all the Devas decided to visit Kailasa to pay their respects to Lord Siva and Parvati. They took with them a specially prepared sweet, Modaka, and presented it to Mother Parvati. Both Ganesha and Kartikeya wanted the the sweet. Lord Shiva said to them that one who goes around the birth three times will get the modaka.

Kartikeya, immediately took off on his peacock tp go around the world three times. But by that time, Ganesha had already acquired the Modaka by simply going round Lord Siva and Parvati three times with a heart full or devotion and love. For Ganesha Mother parvati and Lord Shiva was his world .

Kubera's Pride Humbled
Kubera, the Treasurer of the Heavens, was very proud of his riches. He once paid a visit to Kailash and saw of Lord Shiva and the whole family. To show off his wealth he invited Lord Shiva to his city, Alakapuri, for a lunch. The Lord smiled and said: "I am not coming. You can take Ganesha along, and mind you, he eats a lot.! "Oh, that's nothing," said Kubera, "I can easily feed him to his heart's content. And so, the little child Ganesha, caught hold of the little finger of Kubera and went to his house for lunch.

He was given a bath with , and dressed in beautiful clothes. Ganesha, comfortably seated, went on eating all the items served to him. And as he ate on, His appetite grew more and more and He started eating faster and faster. He wanted more and more food. He started eating the dishes and the furniture and said to Kubera, "Bring me more food or I will eat you up."

The terrified Kubera flew down to Kailas and asked Lord Shiva to appease Ganesha. "I warned you he is eats a lot", said the Lord. "Lord, please forgive me for my foolishness. Please save me or I I will be eaten up", cried Kubera. "All right, give this to him" said the Lord, giving Kubera a handful of roasted rice. "This will satisfy his hunger". Kubera prostrated at the feet of the Lord, took the puffed rice and rushed back to his city. The city was almost eaten up by Ganesha. He offered the puffed rice to Ganesha, and eating it, he became calm and contented. Kubera took Ganeshji back to Kailas Kubera has learn his lesson. Pride always takes a fall.