Kamba Ramayanam, V.V.S.Aiyar. Background to Kampa rAmAyaNam ( Workshops - General Information. Thomas Ashley-Farrand (Namadeva Acharya) (1940-2010) was the author of Healing Mantras, Shakti Mantras, and Chakra Mantras, as well. Lord Shanmukha and His Worship. By. A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATIONFirst Edition: 1. Second Edition: 1. OM Dedicated to LORD SHANMUKHA The Consort of Valli, Deivayanai, The Destroyer of all Asuric Forces, and the Bestower of Divine Strength, Wisdom, Peace, Bliss and. None of this material may be reproduced, apart from purely personal use, without the express permission of the Webmaster. Third Edition: 1. Copies). World Wide Web (WWW) Edition : 2. WWW site: http: //www. This WWW reprint is for free distribution. Shivanandanagar—2. Distt. Tehri- Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, Himalayas, India. OMDedicated to. LORD SHANMUKHAThe Consort of Valli, Deivayanai,The Destroyer of all Asuric Forces,and the Bestower of Divine Strength,Wisdom, Peace, Bliss and Immotality. And to. All His Devotees and. Seekers in the Path of Truth. OMThe Advent of Lord Skanda or Karttikeya, the purpose of His incarnation. Avatara and its significance should be of great importance and of. Truth. Lord Skanda, also known as Shanmukha. South. India and Sri Lanka. And naturally it will be of great interest to all. His devotees, in particular, to know more about Him, the significance of. His birth and His life and career as a victorious General. It is needless. to introduce him to the readers, who is so very well- known as a versatile. Supreme. Section One deals with the introductory portion. The subject dealt with in Section Two is the Skanda Purana. It. describes, though in brief, the Divine advent and the glorious deeds of. Lord Skanda. Section Three exclusively. Three messages from Sri Swami Sivanandaji. Skanda Shashthi in the years 1. Sri Swami Krishnananda in 1. Section Six. Appendix One consists of the Skandopanishad. Karttikeya Stotra, Subrahmanya Mantra, Dhyana Sloka and Shanmukha Gayatri. Sanskrit Original and meaning in English); the Ashtottara- sata- namavalis. Lord Subrahmanya, Devasena (Deivayanai) and Valli (all in Sanskrit). Names of Lord Skanda and their Significances. Inspiring and. soul- elevating songs, Kirtans and Dhvanis of Lord Shanmukha have been grouped. Appendix Two. Appendix Three describes in detail everything about. Kaavadi; and Appendix Four is Bibliography. G. S., who helped the author. While reprinting the book, we have taken the opportunity to. We hope that this work too will find a place in every. We may even. say that He is Lord Siva Himself, the Power of Lord Siva personified. Different aspects of this inner life of Yoga and Sadhana are. Supreme. Deity and their various Lilas. If their right significance is understood. Jiva which is. trying to attain the Supreme and to realise the Paramatman. Thus He is the Jnana Jyoti. A very significant. He was taken out of six lotuses by Goddess. Parvati from the Saravanappoigai, the lake where reeds were growing. We. know that the supreme spiritual experience or the Aparoksha Anubhuti is. Yogic parlance, through Shat- Chakra- Bheda or by piercing the. It is the emerging out of the six lower lotuses that finds. Jiva ultimately in a state of perfect (Purna) Yoga or Wisdom in the. Sahasrara Chakra. Thus, in Skanda we have the ultimate product of an emergence. Shat- Chakras and this we know to be Supreme Wisdom. Herein the first truth is. Grace for the bestowal of Grace, he must first make himself. Daivi- Prakriti and possess Daivi- Sampat. The accessibility to this fountain- head. Grace from which we may draw support is conditional upon the nature. Because they were Devas, they could approach. Gracious Lord in order to ask for His Grace. We have to become Adhikaris. This is given out by all. Acharyas, all great seers and Mahapurushas in the form of the Sadhana- Chatushtaya. Yama- Niyama or the Sadachara, the acquisition of Daivi- Sampat. This. is an indispensable prerequisite for every seeker who wishes to get the. Yoga. He is the personification. Skanda- Sakti. Skanda is the personification of the total Sadhana- Sakti. Yoga- Sakti in this world. It is through Yoga- Sakti that one can attain. Ajnana or. ignorance and attain the fullness of wisdom. The law which has been demonstrated. Skanda Avatara is, in actual life, brought out by the representation. Skanda in the form of the Guru, by the representation of the Devas or. Sadhana- Chatushtaya and thus has become an Adhikari in. Guru and try to get his Grace. The. Devas did not at the very outset approach the Lord and say, . In this battle. we desire to have victory. Therefore, you should help us. In thus doing, they gave out two. One is that we have first to recognise the presence of the lower. And we must align. The second is. the truth that mere recognition of this or acceptance of the fact that. We must manfully set about trying. God helps those who help themselves. This is very true upon the spiritual path. Unless. we demonstrate our sincerity and completely rid ourselves of the impurity. We must exert; then. Then we can desire to obtain the help of the higher. This is a law which the majority of seekers are prone to disregard. For, it implies that we have to strive and to make effort. There may be a desire or. Tamoguna which is the. To bring out this law in a telling manner. Devas again and again gave battle to the Asuras, not. Then. it is that the celestial hosts turned to the Supreme Lord and prayed for. His Grace. And, it is only when these conditions are fulfilled that the. Lord will hear this prayer and bestow His Grace. By Diksha we do not necessarily. Mantra secretly into the ear of the. Sakti- Sanchara Kriya or any outward act at all. It may be by a passing glance. The mysterious way. Sadhana- Sakti is made to enter into, indwell and work in. Guru knows and only the realised ones perceive. There is no other road except Abhyasa. One may have. the best feeling, the best heart, the most sublime Bhava, but unless and. Without it, Sadhana will. Anubhuti or experience. Thus we have the. Mahadeva. They hymn Him, glorify Him. Him; and this is our next cue. It is the law of prayer that. Prayer means, first. It means the desire and. Abhimana or ego at the feet of a higher power. The fourth thing that prayer implies. Skanda. Lila, is that the ultimate purpose of this prayer was to be given a leader. Devas were to follow. The seeker has to mark this. The prayer. was not for power or ability to oneself. If we carefully reflect over this. The entire anatomy of the spiritual life can be summed up in this. The Devas prayed not that they may. Asuras. There is the attitude of willing self- effacement. It indicates that the. Sadhaka or the seeker is but a mere instrument; and it is the Lord Himself. Sadhana and actually. When the seeker begins to feel that even this Sadhana is not done. Divine Sakti that works within him and enables the Sadhana. Divine. Will, then he starts on the real upward march and rapid ascent towards. We completely. allow the Divine to take charge of our personality. The seeker recedes. Divine. The seeker. We find that He reveals to us, in His Lila, the truth embodied. Upanishadic utterance: Rite Jnananna Muktih. This is brought out to. Divine Skanda Lila. Lord engages in battle and vanquishes the three great Asuras. He tries all his devices and finds that none. Vel (Spear) of Lord Skanda. But the Lord destroys all his illusory tricks. Surapadma gives up the. Lord in his true form. Once again, he is met by the divine Spear of Skanda and there is the. Surapadma, and the Lord alone shines there in all His triumphant. It represents the absolute one- pointed. Brahmakara Vritti. When the Brahmakara Vritti. Vrittis, the Jiva ultimately leaps. Savikalpa and Nirvikalpa and is merged in the higher. Turiya, where the Atman alone shines resplendent, and there is. Ajnana or Maya left over. The battle is over; and victory is to the Divine. After that. the culminating event is the sacred alliance of the Lord with Valli. This. too, gives the clue to the true import of the scriptures when they refer. Absolute Oneness, Absolute Union of the Jivatman. Paramatman. The seeker has completed the process of Yoga, and. Satchidananda alone exists. It is all Light, Consciousness, Bliss. May the Grace of the Lord Skanda be ever upon you. His banner is the cock and vehicle the peacock which stands clutching. His Saktis or inseparable powers are Valli and. Devasena (Deivayanai) whom he assumed in the course of the great history. The devotees of Skanda form a large part of the population. Southern India, and constitute one of the important sections. The advent of Skanda was the background. Siva burnt Manmatha with His third eye, a penalty. Kama or the god of love for disturbing him in his meditation. Ganga, being unable to contain the divine energy, shoved. Sara. There is thus. Tejas or energy of Siva in the world. The cumulative. force which combined the forms of the five elements impregnated with the. Siva (Divya- Tejas) manifested itself as a sixfold divinity. Shanmukha), including both the unmanifest and manifest. This is the child of Siva, of mysterious birth. The third eye represents the principle. Skanda, thus, as a revelation through the third eye. Siva, is said to stand for an incarnation of Divine Knowledge. Devotees understand by it the need for one- pointedness. The gods, under the advice of Brahma, connived the. Skanda through the instrumentality of Siva and his consort Parvati. Skanda became the General of the celestial forces. Senani) and He is worshipped as the martial god of Hinduism. The day on. which He slew the Asura is celebrated on the sixth day of the bright half. Karttika (October- November) according to one tradition. Margasirsha (November- December) according to another. The great battle between the celestial forces. Skanda and the Asuras is an epic by itself. It may be safely said that the cults of Vishnu, Siva. Sakti, Ganesha, Surya and Skanda form the six great sections in the book. Hindus. Some would like to add the Pasupata cult. Siva in a particular form. The Kumara Tantra. Skanda. The Skanda Purana. Skanda, and in its Tamil recension records. Thou art the Lord of the Saktis. The Power of Will is Your Iccha Sakti. Her wishes were fulfilled by the grace of Lord Siva. And Skanda, His son, was born to bestow on one and all peace and bliss. Thou art known as Kaliyuga Varada,To safeguard righteousness and destroy Adharma in this land of Seers. Skanda, in form Sivananda, Thy ways are mysterious. But Faith and Love ever reveal to man the hidden glories of God!! To him Lord Skanda Himself.
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