Essay name: Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)
Author:
Anand Dilip Raj
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices.
Chapter 1 - Sthala-mahatmyas of South India
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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अवमतà¥à¤¯à¤� हि कà¥à¤ªà¥à¤¯à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤� पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥à¤°à¤µà¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤� ततःपरमà¥�. [avamatyÄ hi kupyanti pradravanti tataḥparam. ] 31b b The sage agreed and they lived happily. Second canto contains 57 slokas which deals with the conversation among Agastya, Lord Siva and Vishu and the disappearance of the child from Divakaramuni. The story of Agastya narrated in this chapter is related to the famous Agastyakuta situated at the boarder of Kerala and Tamilnadu. This story runs like this. To witness the marriage ceremony of Siva and Parvati people gathered on the Himalayas. The earth is unable to keep balance due to the concentration of weight on one place. The devas approached Brahma and asked the reason for the shake of the earth. He told them the reason and about the secret knowledge about sage Agastya, who only can solve the problem. Even though a short fellow, Agastya is with tapobhara and he was the destroyer of the Asura vatapi He also had drunk the entire water of Samudra. Davas came to Lord Visnu and repeated the words of Brahma to him. The supreme Lord asked Agastya to go to Malayadri to avoid the shake of the earth. On hearing this Agastya got angry, because he had the desire to see the holy marriage of Parvati and Siva. He cursed Brahma that no one in the world would worship him. Tvasta also cursed Agastya that he and his family would not recover from poverty. With deep despair, Agastya came to Malaya mountain and the earth became stable. The happy days of DivÄkaramuni and the child came to an end when the child desecrated the sacred salagrama, by putting it in his 37
