Subramhanya bhujangam – 17

In this last but one shloka of the pAdAdi kEsha varNana, Adi Shankara describes various parts of the ever-beautiful Murugan and wishes that He appears before him in all His glory. Adi Shankara prays that Murugan, the son of Siva, makes Himself present in front of him, with beautiful yellow clothes on His waist and

Subramhanya bhujangam – 10

The previous shloka was a meditation on Lord Murugan’s lotus like feet. We saw how there were parallels between the lotus flower and His feet and also how our minds, afflicted by the woes of samsara were compared to bees. This shloka, verse 10 of Subramhanya bhujangam is a prayer on Lord Skanda’s waist or

Subramhanya bhujangam – 8

While the last couple of Shlokas described Tiruchendur, about the sea shore and the hillock, this shlokam describes about the sanctum of the temple where Murugan resides. The entire shloka is very bright, I mean, the descriptions are about the luminous nature of the Lord and how lustrous the entire place is. The temple sanctum