From 18th of this October, Kanda shasti starts. Why dont we have a look on it.
1. Shasti is the faavourite thithi of murugan and his consort devasena is known as "Shasti devi", who is involved in curing Baalarishtams of children and also the shakti of murugan in providing blessings to his devotees.
2. Murugan is the only god, who has filled with all the three shaktis.
Iccha sakthi- Valli; Kriya sakthi- Devasena; and Gnana sakthi- the Velayudham. Valli is the creator of thoughts. She made even murugan mad to get desire on her. That is the power of Iccha. Devasena is Kriya- the power to do. Since, she acted as a invisible power in the group of warriors of devas (DEVASENA), they won in the battle with soora. She thus defined to be kriya. Gnana- the Vel is the main shakti of muruga, since it was given by mother parvathi ( it kills the demonish thoughts and "VEL" itself can be worshipped separately as a god).
3. Many scholars find similarities between muruga and rama, and say that on seeing the familiarity of vaishnava ramayana, saivites have developed this. But, Skandapurana is there which is much much earlier by ages. (R. P. Sethupillai- Villum velum- a perfect comparison between ram and murugan).
4. What actually the sura samhara tells us?
The sura takes the form of a mango tree, With the Velayudam, murgan kills him and splitted into cock and peacock. The actual philosophy behind this is, the ahankara is the progeny of maya (note here the mother of sura is also "Maya"). It will take several forms. You cannot just like that destroy it. Only with the help of gnana, you can kill ahankara and finally you can surrender yourself totally into the lotus feet of god. Vel- The whole gnana sakthi has defeated (not killed) the ahankara thatva (Soora) and made relief to devas (the good thoughts of our mind). The demonish thought has been now splitted into cock and peacock. Each and every bird has their own previlage in our custom. Cock is the one which tells us that the sun is going to rise. Similarly, the cock which got splitted from soora shows us the dawn is not so far, if you wake up (I mean if you follow the right way of praying muruga, your dawn is reaching soon). Similarly, peacock dances when rain is about to come. This peacock splitted from soora initiate us that, the blessings of muruga is about to shower like rain and you can rejoice in that well.
5. Murugan- He is known as "TAMIZH KADAVUL". Mu- the 'ma'- kara; Ru- the 'ra'-kara; and Ka- the 'ka'- kara. This is a blend of Vallinam, Idaiyinam and Mellinam of tamil alphabets. Since, he has owned all the "INAMS", there is no inams (castes) for him to worship. He crossed the inams by holding everything with him.
6. Murugu- youthness. Murugan is actually showing the secret of how to be youth always. I just want to remember you the somaskanda moortha. (Saha+ uma+ skanda). It means shiva is with uma and skanda. Skanda means who has in between. the idol of skanda in somaskanda will be very very young like a child in between shiva and parvathi. If you think of shiva and parvathi always you will get immersed in love and divinity and you will never get aged. It is the combo of sat+ chit+ anada= where muruga is shown to be the symbolification of anandha.
7. SIX FACES- Eesana, thatpurusha, agora, vamadeva, satyojadha faces of sadhasiva
and
the 'Adho' face of uma. From these six faces, shanmuga born. Though he has directly born from shiva, the visionary power of "uma" (Nethra diksha) is also there blended.
Six abodes- thiruparangundram, thiruchendur, thriutthani, Pazhani, Swamimalai and pazhamudhirsolai
Six letter mantra- sa ra va na ba va
six chakras- mooladhara, swathistana, manipooraka, anahada, visuddhi, agna
Like this, for muruga everything is six. So, if we worship him in this shasti am sure we all will get his blessings in a easier way.
Simple way: Recite kanda shasti kavasam. Recite one thirupugazh a day atleast. Visit temples nearby in these 6 days. Help others as much as possible. Thats more than enough to get his blessings.
PRANAMS
1. Shasti is the faavourite thithi of murugan and his consort devasena is known as "Shasti devi", who is involved in curing Baalarishtams of children and also the shakti of murugan in providing blessings to his devotees.
2. Murugan is the only god, who has filled with all the three shaktis.
Iccha sakthi- Valli; Kriya sakthi- Devasena; and Gnana sakthi- the Velayudham. Valli is the creator of thoughts. She made even murugan mad to get desire on her. That is the power of Iccha. Devasena is Kriya- the power to do. Since, she acted as a invisible power in the group of warriors of devas (DEVASENA), they won in the battle with soora. She thus defined to be kriya. Gnana- the Vel is the main shakti of muruga, since it was given by mother parvathi ( it kills the demonish thoughts and "VEL" itself can be worshipped separately as a god).
3. Many scholars find similarities between muruga and rama, and say that on seeing the familiarity of vaishnava ramayana, saivites have developed this. But, Skandapurana is there which is much much earlier by ages. (R. P. Sethupillai- Villum velum- a perfect comparison between ram and murugan).
4. What actually the sura samhara tells us?
The sura takes the form of a mango tree, With the Velayudam, murgan kills him and splitted into cock and peacock. The actual philosophy behind this is, the ahankara is the progeny of maya (note here the mother of sura is also "Maya"). It will take several forms. You cannot just like that destroy it. Only with the help of gnana, you can kill ahankara and finally you can surrender yourself totally into the lotus feet of god. Vel- The whole gnana sakthi has defeated (not killed) the ahankara thatva (Soora) and made relief to devas (the good thoughts of our mind). The demonish thought has been now splitted into cock and peacock. Each and every bird has their own previlage in our custom. Cock is the one which tells us that the sun is going to rise. Similarly, the cock which got splitted from soora shows us the dawn is not so far, if you wake up (I mean if you follow the right way of praying muruga, your dawn is reaching soon). Similarly, peacock dances when rain is about to come. This peacock splitted from soora initiate us that, the blessings of muruga is about to shower like rain and you can rejoice in that well.
5. Murugan- He is known as "TAMIZH KADAVUL". Mu- the 'ma'- kara; Ru- the 'ra'-kara; and Ka- the 'ka'- kara. This is a blend of Vallinam, Idaiyinam and Mellinam of tamil alphabets. Since, he has owned all the "INAMS", there is no inams (castes) for him to worship. He crossed the inams by holding everything with him.
6. Murugu- youthness. Murugan is actually showing the secret of how to be youth always. I just want to remember you the somaskanda moortha. (Saha+ uma+ skanda). It means shiva is with uma and skanda. Skanda means who has in between. the idol of skanda in somaskanda will be very very young like a child in between shiva and parvathi. If you think of shiva and parvathi always you will get immersed in love and divinity and you will never get aged. It is the combo of sat+ chit+ anada= where muruga is shown to be the symbolification of anandha.
7. SIX FACES- Eesana, thatpurusha, agora, vamadeva, satyojadha faces of sadhasiva
and
the 'Adho' face of uma. From these six faces, shanmuga born. Though he has directly born from shiva, the visionary power of "uma" (Nethra diksha) is also there blended.
Six abodes- thiruparangundram, thiruchendur, thriutthani, Pazhani, Swamimalai and pazhamudhirsolai
Six letter mantra- sa ra va na ba va
six chakras- mooladhara, swathistana, manipooraka, anahada, visuddhi, agna
Like this, for muruga everything is six. So, if we worship him in this shasti am sure we all will get his blessings in a easier way.
Simple way: Recite kanda shasti kavasam. Recite one thirupugazh a day atleast. Visit temples nearby in these 6 days. Help others as much as possible. Thats more than enough to get his blessings.
PRANAMS
