Gurur Bhrama Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devo Maheshwara:Sri Adhi Shankaracharya's Compositions

Panguni Uthram is an auspicious day commemorates the divine marriage of Lord Subramanya with Goddess Valli and Goddess Deivayanai. Lord Subramanya married to Goddess Sri Deivayanai daughter of Lord Indra and Goddess Sri Valli daughter of Nambirajan to reveal the Truth of Equality. He had chosen Goddess Valli and Goddess Deivayanai from entirely different status. The highest and most honorable position was Indra and the lowest amongst all was a hunter. Goddess Deivayanai was married to Lord Muruga in Thiruchendur immediately after beheading the demon Soorapadman. Lord Indra was impressed at the valor of Lord Subramanya and offered his daughter. Goddess Valli’s marriage to Lord Subramanya was taken place completely at the will of Lord. He approached Goddess Valli with a keen desire to save her from the material world. She was living a life of an ordinary young woman in the tribe and she was totally engrossed in her responsibilities as a daughter.

Sage Shiva underwent severe penance and when he opened his eyes saw a deer standing before him. Sage was attracted to its allure and looked at it affectionately. Immediately, the deer got conceived and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. The deer left the baby in the backyard. Nambirajan was a hunter who had no offspring for a while; he was working in his farm of Sweet Tapioca Plants found this stunning baby. He brought up her affectionately and named her Valli. She was grown up into a beautiful young maiden, lived among the flock of hunter tribe like an ordinary girl.

Lord Vishnu's daughter Sundaravalli was preferred to marry Lord Subramanya. She underwent severe penance and prayed to Lord Subramanya. Lord Subramanya was pleased at her devotion and commanded her that she would be born as Valli on the Earth. He promised her that he would come in search for her and marry her in an appropriate time. Accordingly, Goddess Valli was born as an ordinary hunter girl in the family of Nambirajan who was the chief of the Tribe. The Hunter family had a custom of assigning the duty of protection of the farm to the teenage girl in their family. Therefore, Valli was assigned the task of taking care of their farm during the night. At this point of time, Lord Subramanya approached Valli as an ordinary human being and won over her. Lord Subramanya with the assistance of his brother Lord Ganesha made her realized the purpose of her incarnation on this Earth. Finally, Goddess Valli and Lord Subramanya’s marriage took place. The above episode reveals the compassion of Paramatma/supreme Lord to protect Jeevathma, Goddess Valli from this material world.

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Origin of Six Holy Abodes of Lord Subramanya !!

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

|| Om Sharavanabhava Om||

The most significant incident took place when Maharishi Narada arrived at Mount Kailash with a Mango, an elixir of Knowledge & wisdom. The divine couple was astounded at the advice of Maharishi Narada, the divine Mango should be eaten wholly to obtain its merit. The celestial couple put forward a condition before their loveliest children Lord Ganesha and Lord Subramanya. The condition was whoever comes first after circumambulating /Parikrama of the Universe for three times would be benefitted with the unique elixir of Wisdom. Lord Subramanya set off on his celestial vehicle - peacock and Lord Ganesha remained helpless with his pot sized belly. Soon Lord Ganesha circumambulated His divine parents for three times to revive the prime truth that ‘Father and Mother constitute the Universe’ and won the blissful Mango. Lord Subramanya arrived at Mount Kailash after the Parikrama of Universe and found that the Mango was already possessed by his elder brother Lord Ganesha. It mounted his anger; he immediately left Mount Kailash with all the commotions. Though his parents were followed him with extreme compassion, it all ended in vain, when Lord Subramanya embarked his journey from Mount Kailash, he passed through the southwards; he put a break of his journey in six places which turned out Six Holy Abodes of Lord Subramanya. The six holy Abodes are Thiruthani, Swamimalai, Thiru Avinankudi, Pazhamudhircholai, Thirupparamkundram and Thiruchendur. While his journey he had ferocious battle against the demons. Lord Indra was pleased at the valor of Lord Subramanya and offered his daughter Deivayani. Thiruchender is one of the glorious abodes where Lord Subramanya married to Goddess Deivayani.

Lord Subramanya preceded his journey towards Sri Lanka and settled in Kathirkamam. Later, he was married to Goddess Valli, a tribal girl and daughter of Nambirajan, who was the chief of the tribal clan. Goddess Deivayani symbolizes the energy of Action, Goddess Valli represents the energy of Desire and the Spear denotes energy of Knowledge, thus they are altogether phrased as Kriya Sakthi, Iccha Sakthi and Gnana Sakthi.

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Birth of Lord Subramanya - Skandhapuranam !!

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

|| Om Sharavanabhava Om ||

Skandha Puranam describes the glorious birth of Lord Skandha/Lord Subramanya / Kaliyuga Vardhan /Arumughan - Six faced Lord. His six faces represents the six divine aspects of Beauty, Valor, Love, Knowledge, Youth and Happiness. The legend has that six powerful rays emanated from the third eye of Lord Shiva after listening to Lord Brahma regarding the atrocities of the Demons. Lord Vayu carried them and safely deposited to the holy River Ganga. Soon after, River Ganga securely set down the most powerful rays into Saravana Poikai where the six sparks transformed into six beautiful babies. Six Karthikai women nursed the babies with greatest affection, when Goddess Uma arrived at Saravana Poikai she was overwhelmed at the splendor of six babies seated on six lotuses, she rushed off her feet and embraced the babies altogether. Instantly, all the six babies turned into one with six faces.

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Saturday, 19 March 2016

Glories of Ekadashi austerities and Types of Ekadashi !!

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Margashirsha Krishna Ekadashi/Uthpanna Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/margashirsha-krishna-ekadashi.html

Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi /Mokshadha Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/margashirsha-shukla-ekadashi-glories-of.html

Pausha Krishna Ekadshi / Saphala Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/pausha-krishna-saphala-ekadashi-glories.html

Pausha Shukla Ekadashi /Putrada Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/pausha-shukla-puthrada-ekadashi-glories.html

Magha Krishna Ekadashi / Sat-tila Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/magha-krishna-sat-tila-ekadashi-glories.html

MaghaShukla Ekadashi /Jaya Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/magha-shukla-jaya-ekadashi-glories-of.html

Phalguna Krishna Ekadashi /Vijaya Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/phalguna-krishna-vijaya-ekadashi.html

Phalguna Shukla Ekadashi / Amlaki Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/phalguna-shukla-amlaki-ekadshi-glories.html

Chaithra Krishna Ekadashi /Papamochani Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/chaithra-krishna-papamochani-ekadashi.html

Chaithra Shukla Ekadsashi /Kamada Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/chaithra-shukla-kamada-ekadashi-glories.html

Vaishaka Krishna Ekadashi /Varuthini Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/vaishaka-krishna-varuthini-ekadashi.html

Vaishakha Shukla Ekadashi/ Mohini Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/02/vaishakha-shukla-mohini-ekadashi.html

Jyeshta Krishna Ekadashi /Apara Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/jyeshta-krishna-apara-ekadashi-glories.html

Jyeshta Shukla Ekadashi /Nirjala Ekadashi /Bhimaseni Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/jyeshta-shukla-nirjala-ekadashi-glories.html

Ashada Krishna Ekadashi /Yogini Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/ashada-krishna-yogini-ekadashi-glories.html

Ashada Shukla Ekadashi /Harisayana Ekadashi/Devasayani /Padma Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/ashada-shukla-harisayana.html

Shravana Krishna Ekadashi /Kamika Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/shravana-krishna-kamika-ekadashi.html

Shravana Shukla Ekadashi /Pavithra Ekadashi/Pavithropana Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/shravana-shukla-pavithra-ekadashi_8.html

Bhadrapadha Krishna Ekadashi /Annada Ekadashi /Aja Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/bhadrapadh-krishna-aja-ekadashi-glories.html

Bhadrapadha Shukla Ekadashi / Parsva Ekadashi /Parivarthini Ekadashi /Vamana Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/bhadrapadha-shukla-parivarthini.html

Ashwin Krishna Ekadashi /Indira Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/ashwin-krishna-indira-ekadashi-glories.html

Ashwin Shukla Ekadashi / Papankusha Ekadshi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/ashwin-shukla-papankusha-ekadashi.html

Karthika Krishna Ekadashi / Rama Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/karthika-krishna-rama-ekadashi-glories.html

Krithika Shukla Ekadashi / Haribodhini Ekadashi/Devoththani Ekadashi/ Prabodhini Ekadashi/

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/krithika-shukla-ekadashi-glories-of.html

Padmini Ekadashi /Adikamasa Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/adikamasa-padmini-ekadashi-glories-of.html

Parama Ekadashi / Adikamasa Ekadashi

http://gurudevomaheswara.blogspot.ae/2016/03/parama-ekadashi-adikamasa-ekadashi.html

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Parama Ekadashi / Adikamasa Ekadashi - Glories of Parama Ekadashi !!

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||

Skandhapuranam describes the glories of Parama Ekadashi which occurs in the dark fortnight in the leap year. Lord Krishna describes the splendor of Parma Ekadashi to King Yudhishtira.

The legend has that there was a pious Brahmin Sumedha and his chaste wife Pavithra lived in the city of Kampilya. This couple had to face extreme poverty due to the sins committed by Sumedha in his previous life; his wife Pavithra was highly devoted to her husband in their worse living conditions too. She relentlessly served her guests with her share of food and she would remain abstaining from consuming meal, due to this her body started to fade but her affection towards her husband remained firm. Sumedha was dejected to see their pitiable living conditions, once he revealed his intention to leave the city in search for livelihood, but his dutiful wife Pavithra discouraged him with the consequences it. One day great Sage Kaundinya arrived in Kampilya. Sumedha and Pavithra offered their respectful obeisance to the Sage and received him with great honor. Pavithra served the Sage with sumptuous meal she could offer with the alms her husband had brought home. Pavithra explained the pitiable state of them and enquired the Sage for any austerities, or pilgrimage to get rid of their poverty. Sage Kaundinya narrated the glories of fasting on Parama Ekadashi which could provide abundance of merit includes removal of sins and miseries. It was observed by Lord Kubera/Lord of Wealth, King Harishchandra observed this Ekadashi and reunited with his family and regained his lost glories. Sage Kaundinya advised Pavithra to observe the glorious Parama Ekadashi with utmost faith and devotion that would fulfill their desires and eradicate all the miseries. Whoever feed Vedic/scholarly Bhramins for five days/Pancharathrika would attain the heavenly abode, all the deities, forefathers and demons would be pleased with this pious deed, offering water to a thirsty Bhramin on all these five days would bring the pieties of offering the world as charity, whoever donate a vessel filled sesame seeds would reside in the heaven, whoever donates golden vessel filled with ghee would attain the abode of Lord Surya after a living a luxurious life on Earth, whoever observe strict austerities and abstain from sensual pleasures during these auspicious five days would attain the luxuries of celestial abode and remain in the Indraloka. Pavithra and Sumedha sincerely observed the Parma Ekadashi and witnessed a celestial being; emissary of Lord Bhrama approached them and offered a beautiful home with all the luxuries and the entire village for their livelihood. The couple lived happily and finally attained the abode of Lord Vishnu.

Lord Krishna concluded whoever observes the Parama Ekadashi along with Pancharathrika would be freed from all the sins and attains the abode of Lord Vishnu. The pieties include bathing in sacred river Ganga and Pushkar, offering cows as charity and performance various religious rites. Bhramins are treated as superior among the Varnas likewise Cow among four legged creatures, Lord Indra among the celestials, in the same manner Parma Ekadashi along with the Pancharathrika is treated as highly meritorious that could eradicate all the sins.

|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||