Introduction
There is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Muruga, which is known as Sri Veera Senatipati Temple, but this precious temple is situated only in the Indra Loka, the divine abode of Lord Indra Deva.
Lord Muruga married the daughter of Lord Indra, Ma Devasena, and he has also defeated the powerful demon Surapadman in the war. As a result, in order to show his great bhakti towards Lord Muruga, his father-in-law, Sri Indra Bhagavan has built a wonderful temple for Lord Muruga on his holy abode, the beautiful Indra Loka, and this rare information was found in one of the ancient Puranas, the Great Skanda Purana. This temple was constructed by the divine architect, Sri Viswakarma, during the first Krita Yuga, and it is believed that still daily pujas, decoration and holy bath are being carried out at this temple, by the divine priests like Brihaspati, Brahma and by the sages. In this temple, Lord Muruga can be seen seated on a precious beautiful golden throne with smiling face, along with his consorts, Ma Valli and Ma Devasena, and the statues of the deities were made out of pure gold. But this wonderful temple was mentioned nowhere, but, somehow, due to the grace of my beloved Lord Muruga, I was able to read about this temple from an old Skanda Purana Book, which I bought it from a road side vendor!
Apart from building a nice temple for Lord Muruga, the great Indra Bhagavan has also written some famous songs in praise of Lord Muruga, and he has named it as “SRI VEERA SENATIPATI NAVARATNAMANIMALA”, and some of the contents present in the wonderful sacred poem are as follows:
Lord
Muruga is praised as Devasenatipati and as Veerasenatipati, since he
is the head of the warriors and he is the chief most warrior god.
Though I am not a highly knowledgeable person, but in my heart, I
have been worshipping you permanently.Oh! The great son of Lord
Shiva! You have been beautifully seated on your wonderful peacock,
and you have been always praised by your divine attendants. You are
having a charming face, and a shining body, who dwells on the souls
of the great sages, and you are the essence of four Vedas, and the
Lord of the Universe.
O Lord Subramanya! Son of Lord Shiva and Shakti, you dwell in my temple at Indra Loka, and you relieve your devotees from the chain of births, and make them to get spiritual enlightenment. You are destroying the worries from the minds of those devotees who surrender themselves at your holy feet. O Lord Muruga I always praise you, praise you and meditate on you.You are decorated with fragrant flowers, and you appear similar to thousands and thousands of suns, and your name and fame would never diminish, since you are the Lord of the Lords, and you are also called as Senathipathy, a great warrior god.Let our mind be filled up with thoughts only on you, and let our sorrows turn into happiness, by reciting your wonderful names. Oh! You are the destroyer of the demons like Tarakasura and Surapadman. You always embrace your consorts Ma Valli and Devasena in an affectionate manner.Oh! Muruga! You have shared your knowledge with Lord Brahma and destroyed the evil forces and protected the noble onesOh! The mighty son of Lord Maheshwara, all of your six faces, smiles on us, and gives hopefulness and boldness to us.
Oh Saravana! The beloved son of Lord Parameshwara, please destroy our bad habits like lust, anger and greed and show us the spiritual path.
Oh! The great Lord Muruga, please be with us throughout our life, and correct us whenever we try to commit sins in our lives, and make us to chant your glorious names during the time of our death.
Oh! The divine son of Shiva and Shakti! Please relieve us from several diseases and give us peace of mind.
Oh! My beloved Muruga, let all of the organs contained in my body praise about your glories and let my heart melts by singing divine songs on you.Oh Lord Kumara! Let the entire universe worships you, meditates you and sing songs in praise of you.
Oh! Lord Muruga, please forgive the sins of the humans and make them into pure and pious.
“OM MURUGA”
Sent By
R.HARISHANKAR
