Post by radha on Apr 19, 2022 11:05:13 GMT 5.5
OM SRI GURUPYO NAMAHA RESPECTFUL PRANAMS TO SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA
One of the stories talks about how Goddess Kamakshi came to be. According to a legend, Uma (Goddess Parvati) once shut the eyes of Lord Shiva with her palms, in a playful way. This led to universal darkness for some time. All the sages, gods, and humans were scared and worried. Lord Shiva was very upset and he ordered Shakti to be born on earth and stay there until she has done her penance for her actions. Accordingly, Shakti was born as Kamakshi in Mangadu and was meditating under a mango tree with a Shiva Lingam made of sand in order to wed Lord Shiva. At that moment, Shiva took the form of the Kamba River with high tides to assess Kamakshi. She clutched the idol closely so that it did not get swept away by the tides.
As Lord Shiva did not materialize in front of her as promised, she made the choice to perform a penance. She ignited a fire on all sides, in five homa kundams and positioned herself in the kundam at the center. She then stood on her left toe on the leaping tongue of flame and moved into divine trance for ages. In this pose, the Goddess is referred to as Tapas Kamakshiamman. Then, Lord Shiva asked her to take a trip to Kanchipuram where he would marry her. She headed out to Kanchi where Shiva emerged in front of her and they got married.
While leaving, as per the legend, she did not put off the fire that she had ignited. People living on Mangadu and its nearby places could not tolerate the scorching heat. When Adi Shankara visited Mangadu, the locals beseech him to assist them in putting off the heat radiating from the homa kundams. He set up the Ardha-Meru Sri Chakra and quashed the heat.
There is another interesting tale about the origin of Goddess Kamakshi. As per Legends, Kamakshi Devi emerged when Lord Shiva burnt Manmatha or Kama – God of Love – to ashes by his third eye. Kama earned Shiva’s wrath as he had interrupted the latter’s yogic meditation. It occurred at the exact moment when Lord Shiva was going to conclude his meditation. Flames and sparks rose from Lord Shiva as he reduced Kama to ashes. The ash is then fashioned into the form of a man. Shiva breathes life at the ash figure by simply looking at it. This results in the emergence of Bhanda. After performing severe austerities, he is granted a boon that no one born out of a sexual union would be able to slay him. Since he was created out of a dead deva, he came into this universe as a demon. Bhanda was the result of Lord Shiva’s anger.
Bhandakasur was creating a ruckus and causing trouble for the Devas. They headed out to Kanchipuram and manifested as parrots. They were residing in the Champaka tree and were invoking Goddess Tripurasundari Devi. The Goddess took a ferocious form and slayed the demons, thus saving the devas. But even after assassinating the demon, the Devi failed to calm down. All the Devas were very scared and started praying to her. Then, she took on the avatar of Goddess Kamakshi Devi, a beautiful young girl adorned with gold jewelry. All the devas worshipped her and asked her to bless them. They requested the Devi to remain in this form in Kanchipuram, to which the Goddess agreed.
SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA THIRUVADIGAL CHARANAM
One of the stories talks about how Goddess Kamakshi came to be. According to a legend, Uma (Goddess Parvati) once shut the eyes of Lord Shiva with her palms, in a playful way. This led to universal darkness for some time. All the sages, gods, and humans were scared and worried. Lord Shiva was very upset and he ordered Shakti to be born on earth and stay there until she has done her penance for her actions. Accordingly, Shakti was born as Kamakshi in Mangadu and was meditating under a mango tree with a Shiva Lingam made of sand in order to wed Lord Shiva. At that moment, Shiva took the form of the Kamba River with high tides to assess Kamakshi. She clutched the idol closely so that it did not get swept away by the tides.
As Lord Shiva did not materialize in front of her as promised, she made the choice to perform a penance. She ignited a fire on all sides, in five homa kundams and positioned herself in the kundam at the center. She then stood on her left toe on the leaping tongue of flame and moved into divine trance for ages. In this pose, the Goddess is referred to as Tapas Kamakshiamman. Then, Lord Shiva asked her to take a trip to Kanchipuram where he would marry her. She headed out to Kanchi where Shiva emerged in front of her and they got married.
While leaving, as per the legend, she did not put off the fire that she had ignited. People living on Mangadu and its nearby places could not tolerate the scorching heat. When Adi Shankara visited Mangadu, the locals beseech him to assist them in putting off the heat radiating from the homa kundams. He set up the Ardha-Meru Sri Chakra and quashed the heat.
There is another interesting tale about the origin of Goddess Kamakshi. As per Legends, Kamakshi Devi emerged when Lord Shiva burnt Manmatha or Kama – God of Love – to ashes by his third eye. Kama earned Shiva’s wrath as he had interrupted the latter’s yogic meditation. It occurred at the exact moment when Lord Shiva was going to conclude his meditation. Flames and sparks rose from Lord Shiva as he reduced Kama to ashes. The ash is then fashioned into the form of a man. Shiva breathes life at the ash figure by simply looking at it. This results in the emergence of Bhanda. After performing severe austerities, he is granted a boon that no one born out of a sexual union would be able to slay him. Since he was created out of a dead deva, he came into this universe as a demon. Bhanda was the result of Lord Shiva’s anger.
Bhandakasur was creating a ruckus and causing trouble for the Devas. They headed out to Kanchipuram and manifested as parrots. They were residing in the Champaka tree and were invoking Goddess Tripurasundari Devi. The Goddess took a ferocious form and slayed the demons, thus saving the devas. But even after assassinating the demon, the Devi failed to calm down. All the Devas were very scared and started praying to her. Then, she took on the avatar of Goddess Kamakshi Devi, a beautiful young girl adorned with gold jewelry. All the devas worshipped her and asked her to bless them. They requested the Devi to remain in this form in Kanchipuram, to which the Goddess agreed.
SRI KANCHI MAHA PERIVA THIRUVADIGAL CHARANAM