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Dear BhakthAs : Sri Rengarajan has kindly forwarded me 
his two year old posting on ThirukkandiyUr PeruMAl and the removal
of KapAlam from the hands of Lord SivA .There are a lot of 
other related items here that you may enjoy .
V.Sadagopan 
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From: "Sampath Rengarajan" <srengara@xxxx>
>Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:45:13 -0400
>References: <199809171248.FAA20918@xxxx>
>To: Vijay_Srinivasan@xxxx, sgopan@xxxx
>Subject: Re: Fifth head of Brahma
>
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>The following was written by adiyEn
>two years ago in this list.
>
>It sheds some more efforts of Lord shivA
>(asking agni to blow it off) prior to
>seeking the advsie of Sri Parvathi.
>It was said that Sri pArvathi asked Lord Shiva
>to goto mahAlakshmi and pray for removal of
>the kapAlam.
>
>
>*******the follwing is a repeat*******************
>
>
>Lord Shiva according to Sri vaishnava position is the "second
>derivative" of the "Param Purushaa" the Lord Naraayanaa who is
>ever prevading and above the laws of karma, time etc. The story
>of Lord Shivaa certainly implies that he did contract brahma hathi
>dhosham by removing one of the heads of Brahmaa.. I want to also
>present a little bit of mythology as presented in Srivaishnava
>tradition and literatures. (Literary proof is available through
>vedic interpretaion and "4000" for this.)
>
>Ahuthan created Brahmaa when he was in yoga nishtai with five
>heads. It was a specific creation that later on one of the head
>would be removed by Shiva in a feud between shivaa and brahmaa.
>After the creation of brhmaa, "rudraa" and other devaas were
>created out through HIS FACE. The Lord wanted to teach a lesson
>to Both Brahmaa and SHiva who were already covered by HIS MAAYAA
>(VISHNU MAYAA, noone is free from this including Shivaa, and that
>is another reason that puts Lord NArrayaanaa as the Supreme)
>started to fight for supremacy among themselves due to the
>ignorance created by Vishnu Mayaa. Shivaa could remove one of his
>head, but then the kapaalam of brahmaa got struck in his palm and
>would not go. Lord Shiva "wandered" around the whole world
>looking for remedy. He was told by paarvathi that if he takes
>"bikshai" from SRI he will be qualified to continue his "tapas"
>and then as the next step, he must meditate on Lord Vishnu to seek
>relief for this dhOsham. He did so at "Thiruk karambanoor", (also
>known as uththamar koil due to the reference given by aazhwaar"
>thirumangai" on HIM in one of the paasuram as "Uththaman"), one of
>the 108 DD, and obtained "bikshai" from "SRI" there and hence this
>temple is also known as " Bikshaandavan" temple. He later went on
>to meditate on LORD VIshnu and sought HIS blessing at "Thiruk
>Kandiyoor". In thiruka kandiyoor, you can visit this temple and
>see the proof.
>
>Aazhwaar in "Thirukkurunthaandakam" says this
>
>"piNdiyaar "maNdaiyEnthi" piRarmanai thirinthuunNNum
>uNdiyaan "saapan theerntha" Oruvanoor, ulakamEnththum,
>kaNdiyoora rangam kachchi pEr mallai yenRu
>maNdinaar kuyallaal maRRai yOrkkuuyyaalaamE (2050)
>
>Again on thirupEr nagar perumal (nearby temple also one of 108
>DD), Thirumangai sings,
>
>oonamar thalaiyon REnthi
>ulakellaam thiriyu meesan
>'eenamar saaapam neekkaay',
>enna, oN punalai yeenthaan
>thEnamar pozhilkaL soozhntha
>seRivayal then thirup pEr
>vaanavar thalaivan naamam
>vaazhththi, naan uynthavaarE
> (Periya thirumozhi, 9.4)
>
>The perumaal in "thiruka kaNdiyoor" is also known as " hara saaba
>vimochanap perumaal". Since shivan is also known as
>kandeechwaran, later days this was coined as "thiruk kaNdiyoor"
>indicating SHivan's penance on VIshnu. Periyapuraanam and sundara
>puraaNam cites about the skull being "struck" in SHivaa's palm.
>Hopefully this is enough a proof that this incident is portrayed
>"incorrectlyly" in some of the other literatures which may want
>to still prove the superiority of Shivaa. It was suggested that
>Lord Shivaa and Brahmaa thus learned their lesson, and in all
>possible ways. Both of them pray in their mind on Lord Vishnu as
>the supreme Lord. Unfortunately there were many of the stories
>were twisted and many of the others may not even care to track the
>continuation and the core aspect of these "mythological
>incidents", as there were only one side of the story presented in some
>literatures. I am sure
>you will take my views as a sambaashanaa and not as a "personal"
>argument against you or any specific individual .
>
>
>SRi mahAlakshim thAyar samEtha Sri hara sabba vimochnanap perumaal
>thiruvadikalE saraNAm
>Sri BoomidEvi thAyAr samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikalE saraNAM
>
>The Position of Sri as a mediatrix is also evident from the fact
>that Lord Shiva has to seek "Sri's" mercy and her offering of
>bikshai in Bikshaandaar koil or Uththamar kOil prior to seeking
>the final refuge or relief from Lord Vishnu in Thiruk kandiyoor.
>The following is the compelling evidence that Lord Shiva had no
>other go than to seek the relief from the ultimate couple and in
>the order that Srivaishnavam follows (ie Sri as mediatrix). It
>was observed that Lord Shiva not only wandered around the universe
>to get rid of the "kapaalam" that was struck in his palm and the
>brahma hathi thOsham, he had also asked "Agni" (who is the media
>for the Homam and the source for "purification", and also known as
>"agnirvai sarva thEvaa", due to Agni's unique position as a
>substitute for all the Devaas) to burn away this kapaalam. In
>attempting to do so it was stated that the holiest "Agni" not only
>failed to do so but also got the "Brahma hathi thOsham" for going
>hands along with Shiva (who was having brahma hathi dOsham at that
>time) in his attempts. Finally "Agni" was asked to do penance and
>pray the Lord at "Thiru aathanoor" (also one of the 108 DD) and
>get the dOsham removed.
>
>
> Besides Agni, kaamadEnu also sought Lord's blessings in this
>shekthram (Thiru aathanoor). It is beleived that there are "two
>pillars" known as "MaNath thooNgaL" in parama patham. It is a
>customary that who gets to go to "parama patham" hugs and embraces
>these pillars before becoming "nitya sooris". There are two such
>pillars in boo lOgam, only in two of the 108 DD's ie .. Sri
>rangam and this temple in thiru aathanoor.
>
> This and other narrations on this temple is observed from the
>following note on this temple
>
>aathi rangEchwaram vanthE paadali vana samasthitham Brigu, agni,
>kaamathEnubyaa thaththaapeetham thayaanthiram vimaanE praNava
>ranga naayaakyaa soosu maasaritham soorya pushkarni thirE seShasyO
>pari saayinam
>
> Though this temple is compared on par with Srirangam on some
>aspects, the original dual and second only is thiruk kudanthai
>(due to its vimaanam). Thirukkudanthai is also included in the
>club of the five holy rangams popularly known as "Pancha ranga
>shekthram".
>
>The 5 arangams popularly known as "Pancha Rangams" are
>
>1. Aathi Rangam - Sri Rangap pattinam
>2. Appaala Rangam - Thirup pEr nagar
>3. Madhya Rangam - Sri rangam
>4. Sathurth tharangam - (Kumabakonam) thiruk kudanthai
>5. anthima (or pancha) rangam - Thiru inthaloor (maayavaram)
>
>
>It is also noted that the order of the all these shekthrams are
>arranged in direction of the flow of (downstream line ) "kauveri"
>from moolam to sangamam, which merges with sea in maayavaram.
>
>Sri Boomi DEvi samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thriuvadikaLE saraNam
>
>Sampath Rengarajan
>
>



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