Introduction
Nakeerar was a famous poet and the author of the famous poem which is popularly known as “Tiru Muruka Aatruppadai”, which was written by him in praise of Lord Muruga. He has written this wonderful poem, when he was captured by a demoness and he was put in a cave, along with some other people. In order to escape from the clutches of the demoness and in order to reveal the importance of Lord Muruga to the entire world, the great poet Nakeerar has composed the popular poem, “TIRUMURUKATRUPPADAI”, the great warrior god Muruga, who controls the divine soldiers who obediently serves under him, who acts as a protective shield for his devotees.
After Nakeeranar has sung this poem, various soldiers of Lord Muruga were appeared inside the cave, released Nakeeranar and others, and also they killed the cruel demoness. Those who sung this poem with devotion, would be protected by Lord Muruga and by his army general Lord Veerabahu.
Some of the wonderful verses from the great poem Tirumurukatruppadai are as follows:
The entire world has become bright due to the birth of Lord Muruga, who is also called as Karthikeyan. Due to the bright radiance of Lord Muruga, even the sun god was unable to see him clearly. During the birth of Lord Muruga, all the celestials were reached the SARAVANA POIGAI, the sacred pond, which is considered to be the birth place of Lord Muruga, in order to have a glimpse of him.
Lord Muruga as a child has given his blessings to the gods like Brahma and Vishnu, and asked them to discharge their duties in a proper manner.
Lord Muruga when he smiles, looks like that of the protector god Vishnu, and when he talks, he looks similar to Lord Brahma, and when he blesses his devotees, he looks similar to his father Lord Shiva.
Lord Muruga is the activating force, who does his duties perfectly. He was born out from the third eye spark of Lord Shiva, and hence he contains the features of Lord Shiva, and those who do wrongful acts would be punished by him, and later on, he himself used to hug them like their affectionate mother.
When Lord Brahmaji was unable to explain the meaning of the Pranava Mantra, Lord Muruga has got angry with him, and hence he put him in a prison, and later on, like an affectionate mother, he released him from the prison, properly taught the meaning of the Pranava Mantra, and also affectionately hugged him, and gave sufficient powers to do his creation work without any hindrances.
When Muruga leaves us alone, then who else would safeguard us in this difficult Kaliyuga! Let everyone of us fall at his lotus feet and ask him to shower his unlimited blessings on us.
When Lord Muruga blesses us with his powerful weapon “VEL”, the divine spear, then no one could fight with us, and we would never suffer from enmity, black magic and from any sort of problems in our life.
Let’s study the wonderful Leelas and the Divine plays performed by Lord Muruga from the Holy Text Sri Skanda Purana. Let us consider it as the sacred text, and give prime importance for it.
Oh my dear devotees of Lord Muruga, decorate your homes with flowers and mango leaves, let everybody of you take bath and apply perfumes and the sacred ash on your body, since our dear Lord Muruga is going to visit our homes by riding his divine peacock on this auspicious Skanda Shasti Festival day. Please offer him the Holy Prasad items like the sweetened milk and the tasty Panchamirtham.
Oh my dear Lord Muruga, in your body, I could see the entire universe. I could even see your father and mother on your body! I could see the Bhagavathas like Sri Prahalada and Sri Dhruva who sincerely worships you in the form of Lord Vishnu, I could see the great Purushundi Bhagavan and Sri Vallalan who are worshipping you in the form of your brother Lord Vinayaka, and I could be able to see that Lord Indra, the king of heavens who worships you sincerely from his Indra Loka, and I even see that your uncle Lord Vishnu worships you from the Holy Vaikunta.
Oh My Dear Muruga, you are always surrounded by Devas, sages and saints, and they keep on praising about you. No one would hate you, since you contain excellent qualities.
Oh My Lord, you are a kind hearted god, who shows mercy even to a small ant. Only with your grace, the entire universe functions in a proper manner. You are the ultimate Brahman, who cannot be destroyed even at the time of deluge, and the words which comes from your mouth, are to be considered as your divine blessings, and even the Holy Vedas praise about you! No one could neglect you, and there is no other god better than you, you have acted as a SAVIOUR even to Lord HAYAGREEVA, a Vishnu avatar, since you have once helped him in restoring the Vedas from the Demon. With your marvellous smile, we have become your slaves, and let me keep offering prayers to you. Oh my Kind Lord similar to destroying the demons like Surapadman, please destroy the evil forces in the world, in order to make your devotees to lead a peaceful and a happy life.
“OM MURUGA VEL MURUGA”
Sent By
R.HARISHANKAR
