(Fwd) Pancha Krishna aaraaNya shekthrams and other such shEkthrams

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Thiruk kaNNankudi is popularly names as "THEKrishna aaraNyam" (like how

Sri rangam is known as THE kOil) and there are 5 such Divya dEsams that are

also classified in a group as Panch Krishna aaranYam (dark forest area or Sree

Krishnaa's forest) . They are

 

1. Thiruk kaNNan kudi (The Krishna aaranYa shekthram)

 

2. thiruk KaNNa mangai ( oldest of all the shekthrams, as "thirumakaL" or kaNNa

mangai came directly here soon after the ocean churning episode during koorma

avathaaram and stayed here )

 

3. Thiruk KaNNapuram (ashtaakshara manthra sidhdhi shEkthram)

 

4. kabisthalam (gajEndra mOksha shEkthram)

 

5. thiruk kOviloor (thiruvikrama avathaara shEkthram)

 

There are also an elite club of pancha naaraayaNa shekthrams that are situated

around thiruk KaNNan kudi. which are

 

south - aaparaNathaari or aananda naaraayanan

south west - periya aalaththoor varatha naaraayanan

south west - thEvoor thEva naaraayanan

south west - keevaLoor yathava naaraayaNan

south west - thiruk kaNNankudi thaamOthara naaraayaNan (one of 108 DD)

 

In addition to these , there are seven cities known as mukthitharum nagar or

mOksham offering cities, and 12 thalams known as mukthi tharum thalams or

mOksham offereing thalams (most of them are Srinivaasa perumal kOils) , and

seven shEkthrams known as "mukthi tharum shEkthram" or (the shEkthrams that

offer mukthi or mOksham) and the shekthrams are listed as follows.

 

1. Thiru vEnkatam

2. Sri mushnam (not one of 108 DD, however, current periyaasramam Srimath

andavan is from here)

3. thiruvarangam or sri rangam

4. thoth thaathri

5. saalak graamam

6. Bathrik aachramam

7. naimi saaranyam (43 jeer attained parama patham here)

 

These are listed in padma puraaNam as

 

\

srirangam vEnkaaathrincha mushNam thOtha parvatham

saaLakraama pushkarancha nara naaraayanchramam

naimisam sEthimE sthaanaa nyashtav mukthi parathaaniva

rathEsh vashtaasa sharai kai varNumurmuthir, vasaamyakam

thishtaami krishna shEthra puNya spathaka yOkatha

ashtaach charasyai mantharsya sarvaatch chara mayanthsathaa.

\

 

 

It is beleived that each of these shekthrams has one "aksharam" or syllabal of

the ashtaaksharam conatined in it. The constituents of these independant

shEkthrams cannot be discussed in detail here as they are part of the mukya

manthram.However since ashtaaksharam is publically known, an insight can be

given, encouraging the readers to seek their own answers, themselves. Everyone

knows by now that Sri Rangam has the first letter "praNavam" (amala naathi

piraaN) . One of the aksharam or letter is repeated or appears twice in

ashtaaksharam and hence the number of shekthrams that carries the letters of

ashtaaksharams are seven and were also classified as "saptha mukthi

shEkthrams".

 

However, there is one shEkthram that offers the combined effect of all these

aksharams ie.. the essence of ashtaaksharam. The sookshmam or the clue is

that the shekthrams that have all the following surroundings situted together

will have the essence of "ashtaakshara manthram" in it. Such shekthram

will have the following

 

 

1. Thalam

2. Vanam or aaraNyam

3. nathi or river

4. kadal or sea

5. nagaram or township

6. theerththam

7. vimaanam

 

The only shekthram that has all these, and qualified as "ashtaakshara manthra

siddhi shekthram" is Thiruk KaNNapuram which is also one of the panch krishna

aaranYa shekthram. Thirumnagai was initiated with astaaksharam in "Thiruk

kaNNapuram" by the Lord HIMself.

 

Sri KaNNapura naayaki SRi Sowri raajan thiruvadikaLe saraNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan