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SrI:  
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas, 

Thus having mentioned that Vedas point out to You only
As Supreme Lord, now Alavandhar takes on epics and
puraanas wherein also Sriman Narayana Paratvam is
clearly established. 

vEdApahaara gurupaadhaka daitya peedaadiaapad
vimOchana mahishta phalapradhaanai: 
kOnya: prajApati pasupathi paripaati kasya
paadOdakEna sa siva swasirOdhrthEna [13] 

the Vedas were snatched away; one of father?s heads
was plucked off and the grave sin was committed; the
troubles of HiraNyaakshan, Basmaasuran and torture by
them; - from all these dangers, who saved from all
these dangers and grants all grandest fruits as well?
Who else saves thus even Prajaapathi, Pasupathi and
others? By sprinkling and retaining waters [that
washed whose feet] Sivan gets his mangaLam and
auspiciousness? [For all these queries, it is only
Sriman Narayanan].

Prajaapathi, Pasupathi- Pasu is also a praja; One
should not think that these BrahmA [Prajaapathi] and
Rudra [Pasupathi] are the masters. Rudran is not the
master of BrahmA; as BrahmA himself is rudra?s father.
BrahmA is also yet another Prajai (being); Rudra is
also a pasu; thus they themselves can not be masters;
They [are just like other beings] enjoy the fruits of
their puNya and paapams. Thus those who says Vishnu?s
duty is only protection should know that protection of
these two as well namely BrahmA, Rudra? There shall be
absolutely no doubt or confusion about the same. 

Why and how? Rakshanam ?protection- is removal of
hurdles and granting fruits and good.. It is You,
Sriman Narayana, who saved them from their dangers..
Firstly, when BrahmA was created and you instructed
him with Vedas for enabling him with creation of other
beings. The Vedas were snatched away by the asurAs by
name Madhu, Kaitabhars. BrahmA went to the Lord and
cried for saving him and Vedas; You killed the asurAs
[taking Hayagriva form] and got back the Vedas; taught
BrahmA again and blessed him. 

BrahmA?s one of the heads was plucked off by his son-
Rudra [during one incident] thereby the grave sin was
committed by Rudra and the skull got stuck to his
palm. He went begging with that skull to fill the same
[in order to get rid of that skull, thereby the mahaa
paapam. It was You who filled that skull taking a drop
of blood from your divine chest. Thus Pasupathi was
removed and cleansed off his brahma hartthi dhOsham
[mahaa paapam] 

According to PurANams , Lord ShivA acquired Brahma
Hatthi DhOsham by plucking one of the five heads of
BrahmA . He punished BrahmA for lying that he saw the
face of Lord ShivA , when he presented Himself as 
LingOthbhavar. Lord ShivA got mad and as a punishment 
plucked the fifth head of BrhamA , who in our
sampradhAyam is the father of Lord ShivA . That fifth
head (skull ) got stuck in the hand of Lord ShivA and
He had to go from place to place begging for food with
that kapaalam. 

Now returning to our story , Lord ShivA wandered with
stuck skull in hand and ultimately reached KandiyUr
divya Desam ( Kantana Puram in Sanskrit). Here Rudran
did penance and offered His worship to Sriman
NaarayaNan and took a dip in the PushkariNi and with
the Lord's blessing , the stuck kapAlam eased itself
from his hand . As a result , the BhagavAn here is
known today as Hara Saapa VimOchana PerumAL and the
PushkariNi is recognized as Kapaala ThIrtham .There
are two versions on how the kapAlam got unstuck. One
in which , Bhagavan makes a slit in His chest and
directs the blood pouring out into the Kapaalam until
it is full and that did it. 

The basmaasura incident is also known to all; and it
is You who saved Rudran from basmaasuran. 

These incidents are described in Saatvika puraanas and
Mahaabharathams. Thus Rudra became Mahaadevan [deva of
devaas] by performing Sarvamedha yaagam and getting
the blessings of You- Narayana. It is Vishnu?s grace
that he is Mahaadevan and Rudra himself knows that
always and quite well. 

The message that Rudra is below BrahmA is very clear
from Thrivikrama avathAram- from the way he had the
waters in his matted locks and was blessed by those
holy waters that BrahmA used for offering and washing
the lotus feet of the Lord that rose upto Brahma
lOkam. Srimad Bhagawatham mentions: paadhOdhakEna
vidhrthEna siva: sivObhUth. Srimad Ramayana too
annotates this incident. Thus Sriman Narayanan is
SarvEshwaran who saves all; who grants fruits to
everone right upto BrahmA, Rudra et al. Thus BrahmA,
Rudra et al are also samsaaris- like all jeevathmaas. 

Such danger- hurdle- has it ever happened the Vishnu
and these two have saved Him anytime- mentioned in any
ithihaasam? Never. Because He is SarvEshwaran;
Parathvam- Supreme Lord. Few avathArams may mention
granting an upper hand to them; that is also
supplemented by their praising Him after being blessed
with the opportunity. It is equal to Dasaratha,
Vasudeva becoming father for the Lord for an
avathAram. Does not eman Dasaratha is the Paratahvam.
Does it? 

[what a manner in which Alavandhar so clearly
establishes Parathvam of Sriman Narayanan?] 

Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


                
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