thoo nilA muRRam - part 20 - bhAskara kshEthram

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thoo nilA muRRam - part 20 - bhAskara kshEthram

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

Many years ago there was a riot in pAthALa lOkam. dEvas

prayed to Sriman nArAyanA to rescue the pAthALa lOkam. Sriman

nArAyanA deputed his most powerful weapon, Sri sudarshana chakram.

Sri Sudarshana chakram went to the pAthALa lOkam and conquered all

the asurAs and came out successfully by piercing the earth in this

hOly city, near the kauveri banks and on the side of the thiruvadi

of )Sri ArA amudhan (Sriman nArAyaNa) at thiru kudanthai. While Sri

sudarshana chakra AzhwAr was victorious his "thEjas" was shining

more and more. Sri Sooryan was jealous of this bright light and he

challenged Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr. Sri sooryan started to expand

into huge explosions and was increasing his intensity of light ten

folded. However "Sri vishnu's ayudham", Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr also

began to reveal his thEjas more and more. After several years, the

sakthi if Sri Sooryan was exhausted and he could no longer compete

with Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr.

 

Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr increased his "thEjas" equivalent

to billion sooryans and this made the Sooryan loose all his powers.

Sooryan was darkended. Sri Sooryan sought the advise from Sri

BrahmA. Sri BrahamA advised him that the kshEthram where he himself

did a yAgam once is thiru kudanthai. This place is very desirous

for Sri Sudarshana AzwAr as he came out of this place after his

samhAram of all the asurAs in the pAdhALa lOkam. Hence Sri sooryan

was asked to do goto Sriman nArAyanA and seek his blessings. Sriman

nArAyANA rightfully asked Sooryan to seek the forgiveness from his

adiyAr himself directly and hence asked Sooryan to do a severe

penance in this place itself and seek Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr's

blessings. ie., an apachAram done to a parama bagawathA or adiyAr

(ie., avan adiyayai sErnthavar or nAdinavar, known commonly as

prapannA) most often is relieved only by the blessings of the same

adiyAr and even our Lord somewhat doesnot come in the way of this

process of redressal.

 

 

As advised by Sriman nArAyanA, Sri sooryan did a very

severe penance here and sought the blessings from Sri Sudarshana

AzhwAr. After several years Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr appeared in

front of Sooryan and asked as to what he wanted. Sri Sooryan fell

at the feet of Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr and sought forgiveness for his

apachAram and as well sought to regain his original "OLi" or the

light. Sri Sudarshana AzwAr duly granted these wishes. Hence Sri

Sooryan himself regained his "oLi" and swaroopam here in thiru

kudanthai due to Sri chakarathAzwAr. Sri Sooryan pleaded to Sriman

nArAyanA for another boon. This time he was seeking Lord's

blessings such that everyone must remember this episode and that

Sri Sooryan himself got his sakthi and oLi due to Sriman nArAyana

(it was only HIM who directed Sooryan Sri Sudarshana AzhwAr) in

this place. Hence this place be named after soorya thabas kshEthram

as "bhAskara kshEthram". bhAskaran is one of the sanskrit name for

Sri Sooryan. Lord also granted this boon. From then on this place

is known as Sri bAskara kshEthram. The temple wherein Sri Sooryan

did prahthistA of Sri Sudarshan AzhwAr by his own hands is in the

brahma yAga boomi and as well as the place from where SriSudarshana

AzhwAr chose to came out victorious from the pAthALa lOkam. This

temple is now known as Sri chakrapAni temple and is situated on the

side Sri ArA amuthan's thiruvadi is there. This episode is

described in the following slokam from Sri kumbakona mahAthmiyam.

 

"ittham sthuthOdEVa dEvadEvO bhAskaraNE mahAthmaA

thatha: prasannO bagawAn chakra rupi janArthana:

sArngapAnE rabinnOsow sarva lOkaika mangaLa:

yath, thEjasAhrutham poorvam thath thasmai thatthavAn buna:

thatha: Evahi thath kshEthram bhAskara kshEthra muchyathE

--- 61st chapter

 

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amudhan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

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