Tiruchendur murugan

Muruga, the earliest and sublimest Tamilian concept of Godhead has been as long cherished and venerated in the Tamil land as its Sanskritised concept Subrahmanyam, which means ?the all pervading spirit of the Universe, the essence from which all things are evolved, by which they are sustained and into which they are involved.? He, in gracious pity for humanity takes form sometimes as the youthful God of Wisdom?Sw?min?tha; God also of war when wicked Asuras have to be destroyed: K?rttikeya; sometimes as the holy child Muruga, the type of perennial tender beauty, always and everywhere at the service of his devotees. The puranic account runs thus: The Devas were hard pressed by the asuras Surapatuma and his brothers. Siva in Mount Kail?sa was appealed to by the Devas for deliverance. Six sparks of fire issued from the frontal eye of Siva and answered their prayers. These divine sparks of grace were received by Agni, the God of fire, and cast into Ganges from which they passed into the Himalayan lake Saravana. Here they were transformed into six babes. These were suckled by the six Krittik? nymphs of the constellation Pleiades, and, became one by name Skanda; on being fondly clasped into one by P?rvati, the divine inseparable sakti of Siva. He came to be called Shad?nana, Shanmukha, and Arumukha as being six faced, and on account of his youthfulness, beauty and godliness. As the Warlord of the Gods, as became his divine commission, he was known as K?rttikeya. He then proceeded from Kail?sa to the South on his mission of subduing the Asuras, and freeing the Devas from their cruel bondage. At Tiruchendur, He and his hosts encamped. K?rttikeya desired a shrine of Siva for his worship. Mayan the celestial architect constructed the shrine for Siva at this sea-front. K?rttikeya, as the son of the supreme Siva Mahadeva, then led his hosts and proceeded with the war against the asuras. For five days Surapatuma's sons, brothers, and their mighty hosts gave battle on land, under the sea, and in the air and most of them perished. On the sixth day, Surapatuma alone survived. The Lord's last bid to show the asura His grace was His Visvar?pa darshan. The asura realised Whom he was fighting but his pride prevailed. He would not give in and be subdued. He still gave battle from region to region.

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