Hindu Article-God's manifestation

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God's manifestation

 

CHENNAI : The scriptures recommend Lord Subramanya (Muruga) for

worship among the Vedic deities to overcome the ills of this Kali

age. Vyasa has described the birth of Muruga and His divine deeds and

glory in the Skanda Purana, which is one of the largest Puranas he

composed. Muruga is a popular deity in the Tamil tradition and the

Kanda Puranam of Kachiappa Sivachariar expounds His manifestation to

exterminate the evil forces. The birth of Muruga is celebrated as

Kanda Sashti.

 

In his discourse, Sri Mathivannan said the name Skanda (meaning that

which has fused together) for Muruga connoted the manner of His

birth. The Kanda Puranam notes that the celestials approached Lord

Siva when the worlds could no longer withstand the terror unleashed

by the Asura, Surapadma. Surapadma had become invincible because of

the boon he had obtained from Lord Siva and hence all other deities

were unable to vanquish him.

 

As the son is said to be in the image of the father, Siva willed His

power to manifest for the good of the world. Siva being five-faced,

He manifested another face, Adomugam, and from His six faces emerged

six sparks which illumined the entire cosmos. Even the celestials

could not bear the radiance of the sparks and surrendered once again

to Siva. He then directed the deities Agni and Vayu to transport the

six sparks to River Ganga. They carried them alternately with the

power given to them by the Lord and deposited them gently on lotus

blooms amidst bushes of water reeds in a lake (Saravana poygai)

formed by the river. To their great astonishment and joy the divine

sparks became transformed into six babies with lustrous faces.

 

The Purana notes that the entire universe revelled in the birth of

these divine babes. The Devas worshipped them as their redeemer born

to save them from the hardships they had been facing from the

demoniac forces. Lord Narayana then instructed the six Krittika

maidens to nurse the babies and care for them. Hence the name

Kartikeya for Muruga. He is known as Kumara as He is the

manifestation of Siva's divine power (Tejas). Lord Siva took His

consort Parvati to show Her their offspring and when She lovingly

gathered all the six babies together they fused into one child with

six faces (Arumuga).

 

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advaitin, "B VAIDYANATHAN"

<vaidyanathiyer> wrote:

>

> God's manifestation

>

> CHENNAI : The scriptures recommend Lord Subramanya (Muruga) for

> worship among the Vedic deities to overcome the ills of this Kali

> age. Vyasa has described the birth of Muruga and His divine deeds

and

> glory in the Skanda Purana, which is one of the largest Puranas he

> composed. Muruga is a popular deity in the Tamil tradition and the

> Kanda Puranam of Kachiappa Sivachariar expounds His manifestation to

> exterminate the evil forces. The birth of Muruga is celebrated as

> Kanda Sashti.

>

 

Namaste.

 

Yesterday, the 7th was Skanda shashti this year. Thanks Vaidyanathan-

ji, for bringing us this resume of the lecture on Subrahmanya.

 

Supplemental information on Subrahmanya may be seen in

 

http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/1201.html

 

and most exhaustively in

 

http://www.kaumaram.com/contents.html

 

PraNAms to all advaitins.

profvk