Guest guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Dear all, The meaning of the word Thripuranthanka is one who destroyed the three purams or cities. Let us explore the story of how Hari and Haran worked together to destroy the cities owned by Asuras. Thaaraakasura had three children: Vidyunmaali, Kamlaakshan and Thaaraka chakshushu or Thaarakaakshan. They did severe penance standing on burning fire and got three cities or purams. One city is on earth which is made of Iron, another silver one in the sky (bhuvarloka) and third one, the golden city in heaven. Even though they were Asuras they daily prayed lord Shiva . They became so powerful and arrogant. They terrorized Devas and all sages. Devas complained to Shiva and Shiva told them that he would not be able to kill them until they stopped praying to Him. He will not kill anybody who prayed Him for protection. So they went to Vishnu bhagavan. Vishnu Bhagavan took the form of a sage and started teaching these three demons " Lokaayatham " or science of materialism. It was easy to teach them materialism and soon they stopped their short prayers they were doing to Shiva. They believed that everything was under their control and felt that there was no need to pray to any God. They thought they were more powerful than even Lord Shiva. Mahavishnu himself was surprised at the pace of their learning Lokaayatham when compared to other sadhaka's struggle to know about God and spirituality. Now Shiva was ready to kill them. He killed all the asuras except the three sons of Thaarakkasura with just one arrow. But the architect Maya (Asurashilpi-it is not Maaya, but Maya with short Ma) built a tank there and filled it with Amrutham. When Asuras were sprinkled with this amrutha, they all came back to life. Now Shiva asked the help of Vishnu Bhagavan . Vishnu Bhagavan became a cow and Brahma became a calf. Then they went near the tank and drank all the amrutha. Finally Maya acknowledged defeat and still they had to kill the owners of the three cities. Then Devas made a special chariot- name of the chariot is earth. Four vedas became the four horses pulling the chariot. Surya and Chandra became the wheels. Brahma became the charioteer. Mahameru mountain was the bow. String was the snake Vaasuki. Vishnu Bhagavan became the arrow and guess who sent the arrow? Lord Shiva was the one who aimed the arrow at the three demons and sent it. He destroyed all the three demons along with their Iron, silver and Golden cities. So Lord Shiva is known as Thripuranthaka. Namasthe namasthe, Vibho viswamurthe,Namasthe, namasthe thapo yoga gamya,Namasthe, namasthe chidananda murthe,Namasthe, namasthe sruthi jnana gamya. Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Dear Seemaji, Your version is very interesting. This may be the reason why Shiva was able to destroy with one arrow. Only if the palaces are lined, that is possible. Lot of stories are spread by word from mouth to mouth. So some changes in details happen over a period of time. So all of us get a little bit different version of the same story. It is very interesting to know about them. Thank you for sharing. Also have a very nice trip and a good darshan of Guruvayurappan. Since it is mandala kaalam, temple may be more crowded than usual. But I am sure Guruvayrappan will give you a good darshan. Regards and prayers Savitri On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Seema Ravindran <seemawarrier wrote: Respected Savithriji, I have heard that the three palaces moves around all the time and that the three asuras can be killed only when the palaces come in a line, one above the other and Bhagavan waited till they were one in a line. I am not sure if it is correct, heard it long back when we were kids. A few days back, I thought of this story but didnt know it fully. Thanks for posting these stories. May Guruvayoorappan bless you always. Jai Sree Krishna Seema --- On Thu, 11/27/08, Savitri Puram <savitriopuram wrote: Savitri Puram <savitriopuram[Guruvayur] Namasthe- Story of Thripuranthaka Thursday, November 27, 2008, 2:34 PM Dear all, The meaning of the word Thripuranthanka is one who destroyed the three purams or cities. Let us explore the story of how Hari and Haran worked together to destroy the cities owned by Asuras. Thaaraakasura had three children: Vidyunmaali, Kamlaakshan and Thaaraka chakshushu or Thaarakaakshan. They did severe penance standing on burning fire and got three cities or purams. One city is on earth which is made of Iron, another silver one in the sky (bhuvarloka) and third one, the golden city in heaven. Even though they were Asuras they daily prayed lord Shiva . They became so powerful and arrogant. They terrorized Devas and all sages. Devas complained to Shiva and Shiva told them that he would not be able to kill them until they stopped praying to Him. He will not kill anybody who prayed Him for protection. So they went to Vishnu bhagavan. Vishnu Bhagavan took the form of a sage and started teaching these three demons " Lokaayatham " or science of materialism. It was easy to teach them materialism and soon they stopped their short prayers they were doing to Shiva. They believed that everything was under their control and felt that there was no need to pray to any God. They thought they were more powerful than even Lord Shiva. Mahavishnu himself was surprised at the pace of their learning Lokaayatham when compared to other sadhaka's struggle to know about God and spirituality. Now Shiva was ready to kill them. He killed all the asuras except the three sons of Thaarakkasura with just one arrow. But the architect Maya (Asurashilpi- it is not Maaya, but Maya with short Ma) built a tank there and filled it with Amrutham. When Asuras were sprinkled with this amrutha, they all came back to life. Now Shiva asked the help of Vishnu Bhagavan . Vishnu Bhagavan became a cow and Brahma became a calf. Then they went near the tank and drank all the amrutha. Finally Maya acknowledged defeat and still they had to kill the owners of the three cities. Then Devas made a special chariot- name of the chariot is earth. Four vedas became the four horses pulling the chariot. Surya and Chandra became the wheels. Brahma became the charioteer. Mahameru mountain was the bow. String was the snake Vaasuki. Vishnu Bhagavan became the arrow and guess who sent the arrow? Lord Shiva was the one who aimed the arrow at the three demons and sent it. He destroyed all the three demons along with their Iron, silver and Golden cities. So Lord Shiva is known as Thripuranthaka. Namasthe namasthe, Vibho viswamurthe,Namasthe, namasthe thapo yoga gamya,Namasthe, namasthe chidananda murthe,Namasthe, namasthe sruthi jnana gamya. Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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