thoo nilA muRRam - part 17 - purAnic references on kuda mookku

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thoo nilA muRRam - part 17 - purAnic references on kuda mookku

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

All the references mentioned below, from various purAnAs

are presented with a view that thiru kudanthai is the focal point

for all of them. This city and this kshEthrams are being talked

about in numerous purAnAs. An attempt will be made to present some

quote from some purAnAs.

 

1.

"sadAshtakam mahA kshEthram vishnu sthAnam utthamam

EthEshvabisa sarvEshoo kumbakOana samam nahi"

--- 1st adyAyam of kumbakona mahAthmiyam

2.

vinAprathishtAm paschayanthi prAbnuvanthi palAnisa

ashtOththara sathAnyatra swayam vayakthAni boothalE

Sri mushNam vEkAtAdri: cha Srirangam kALakEchwaram

kumbakOnam padmanAbam anatha sayaNam thathA

--- Sri mushNa purAnam, Second part, 1st chapter

3.

kumbakONE mahA kshEthrE padhma pusjhkaraNee thadE

--- vAna mA malai mAhAthmiyam 5th chapter,

13th slOkam

4.

SrirangE vEngathrawcha Sri mushNE hasthi bootharE

kumbakONE SrinivAsE sArakshEthrE thathaiva cha

--- sAra kshEthram mahAthmiyam - chpater 7, 113th

slOkam

5.

Srirangam vEnkadAthri cha Sri mushNam naimisam vanam

vrushAthri karisaila cha kumbakOnam mahAmunE

---brumhANda purAnam, sAra kshEthra mahAthmiyam,

chapter 1, 14th slOkam

6.

Srirangam kumbakOnancha Sri mushnam vEngadAchalam

nara nArAyaNAkyancha namisAraNya mEvacha

kAnchI mavanthi kAnchaiva SrinivAsam thathaivacha

vrusha bAgyam girinchaiva thOthAthrim pushkaram thathA

sthAnAni dhwAdhasaithAni swayam vyakthAni boothalE

--- pavishyPthra purANam, sAra kshEthra mahAthmiyam

chpater 1

7.

vimAnAth sArngarAjasya vahnihONE mahathvanam

vaikuNda nagarapragyam sarvamaNgaLa thAyakam

nanthinA poorvasanthaptham SrinivAsapuram purA

--- dhakshiNa jagan nAtham or nanthi pura viNNgaram

mhAthmiyam, 3rd chapter

 

Only selected few references are presented to indicate that

it was important to refer to thiru kudanthai even while discussing

about the mahAthmiaym of other divya dEsams.

 

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amudhan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

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