QUES ANSW DIVINE2-2022-14 Dearfriends,
Theseare information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and stored in my computer.They are posted by learnt members. Of late repeatedly, Mr Rajaram, questions the authority of theinformation. >From his statements it appears he only knows all subjects and he is the ultimateauthority and those who wrote earlier had no knowledge of things. It is a false prestige, Iam very sad to mention here. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78,dated 15-02-2022 Q1 Everybody knowsParasurama to atone sin of killing people gave all the lands to a sage. Namethe sage? What happened afterwards? A1 Parasurama, as a mark of atonement for the sin of killing people,albeit bad, gifted the entire land under him to Sage Kashyapa. Once the Daana process wascompleted, Kashyapaasked Parasurama to vacate the place. In order to get a place to stay inpeace, Prasurama created Soorparakam or Kerala. Something more in this line. The area created was having no source of fresh water. Theentire and ground water and surface water available was saline andhence not fit for human consumptionuse. Because of this, the people Prasurama imported from the neighbouringareas (present day TN, AP etc)returned to their native lands. To retain such people, the onlyoption before Parasurama was to somehow ensure availablity of potable water inSoorparakam. Tothis end he prayed to Lord Shiva, and based on his direction, LordVaasuki, who pleased with Parasurama transferred the salinity to the adjoining Lakshadweep Sea(popularly known as Arabian Sea). Q2 What are thespecialities in the Sri Nootreteeswarar temple at Chinna Kavanam near Ponneriat Chennai ? A2 Sri Nootreteeswarar temple at Chinna Kavanam near Ponneri atChennai-This several thousand years old Shiva temple has two significances –Ankola tree and a SwayambuVinayagar Ankola Tree: A 2500 years old Eranzhil tree (called Ankola in Sanskrit) has a specialsignificance that its seedsare getting attracted to the tree itself like a magnet. This tree hasbeen referred in the Sivaananda-lahari.It is stated that there is a tree calledEru Azhinjil. Its fruit ripens, falls on the ground and breaksopen. Then the seeds from the fruit, attracted as it were by a sort of force ofgravity, move and attach themselves to the parent tree. Thereafter it is saidthat these seeds form part of the latter and disappear from sight AnkolaGanapathy:_ Here Agasthiar created a lingam everyday with the sand from the nearby BrahmaAranya river and worshipped them for 108 days. But on the final day,all the 108 lingams merged themselves into a single Vinayahar for the simple reason that he did not start the worship with aVinayahar on day one. Then Lord Shiva gave dharshan to Agasthiar in the form ofVinayahar. The 108 lingams which got merged into a Vinayahar is present under theAnkola tree as a Swayambu (sand) Vinayahar in the name of Ankola Ganapathy. In spite of many thousands years and in spite of sitting under the treewithout any roof, the sandmade Vinayahar is still sitting pretty and looking great. Q3 Who is instructed in Agni purana by Agni? What is the speciality of this purana? A3AgniPurana instructed to the sage Vasishtha by Agnideva. this book deals with arts and science likeKavyalankaranatakas (Poems, dramas, figures of speech), Jyotish shastra(Astronomy) and Shilpakala (architecture). Q4Who are the three kings of naga? A4 The Nagashave three kings. The first andgreatest is Sheshnaga, born of theresidue left over after creation, with 1,000 heads formed into a giant hood.Earth is said to rest on his hood, and his venom ends all of creation at theend of each great cycle of life. Vishnu uses him as a couch. The second isVasuki, who plays an important role in theHindu cosmogenic tale of the "Churning of the sea of milk." The third isThakshaka. The Naga, a race of semi-divine snake people who inhabit the Naga-lokaunderworld with Taksaka as their King, have inspired and continue to inspirelegends and stories. But it is especially thewomen of this race, the Nagin, who have captured the imagination themost. These serpent princesses are said to be strikinglybeautiful, but with thepower to transform at will, to a cobra, or to a half-snake, half-human figure.A precious gem is embedded in their skulls which give them magical powers. Q5Who was Ulupi? A5 Arjun, hero of the Mahabharat, takes asone of his wives the Nag Princess Ulupi Ulupi spies Arjun doing his religiouspractices, falls in love, and abducts him to live in her underwater kingdom. Hemarries her, and lives there for three years, before she allows him to leaveand continue his journey, providinghim protection from all underwater creatures. Q6 What is thedrastic story of Kumara sambhava? A6 Shiva takes Uma to Mount Kylash for their honeymoon They have sex foryears. Then they take a little break. Uma gets up and looks at herself in themirror and sees she's covered with bites and scratch marks and her hair is allmessed up and dreaded and knotted from love play. Shiva gets so excited looking at her that he pulls her back into bed andthey have sex for twenty-five more years. She then becomes impregnated with theyoung god, Kumara, who becomes a general leading armies in the defeat of thedemonic asura Taraka. Q7 Who is Yama? A7 The word ‘Yama’ means the restrainer, it is he who keeps the mankind in check. In Vedas,Yama is the First Ancestor and has the full distinction of a god. Yama is the sonof VIVASAT, theembodiment of social morality, while his mother is SARANYU (clouds), who is the daughter ofVISHWAKARMA, the cosmic architect. Yama’ s twinsister is YAMI, who hasthe greatest affection for her brother. Yami later appeared on this earth asthe river YAMUNA. Q8Which world is Sanjeevani? What is Vaitharani? A8 This account is taken from the Mahabharata. Thenarration is that after Brahma had created the three worlds, viz. EARTH, HEAVENand PATAL (i.e., subterranean region), he recollected that a place for judgmentand punishment of the wicked was wanting. He thereforeasked the architect Vishwakarma to prepare a suitable place for this purpose. Vishwakarma prepared a magnificentpalace and opposite its south door he created four pits to punish the wicked Three otherdoors were reserved for the entrance of the good so that they might not see theplace of punishment when they went to be judged. Brahma named this palace SANJEEVANI. Brahma ordered the architect to form a vast trencharound and fill it with water, which came to be called VAITAMEE. Brahma next ordered Agni (the fire god) to enterthis river so that the water might boil. After the death each person is obliged to swim across this Vaitameeriver, which gives harmless passage to good souls but the evil ones have tosuffer torments and pangs while crossing this river’s boiling water. Q9 How to remove stress? A9 If you feel tired and pressured in yourmind or have a headache, then before sleeping put a glass of water on sometable or stool near your head. Do not drink the water, but in the morning pour it at the base of sometree. Most of your troubles will vanish. Q10 How to remove fear from unknown things? A10 Ifyou feel fear from unknown things, wear a stainless steal bangle on your rightarm. It will strengthen your will. Q11 What is theremedy for sudden down falls? A11 If a sudden downfall has come in life,using the bed sheet of the father is best for cooling the mind. Touchingthe feet of the parents in the morning and saying goodbye when leaving for workbrings success in life. Q12What is the importance of peepal tree? A12 Accordingto Skand Purana, LordVishnu resides in the root of Peepal. In its trunk live Keshav andin the branches Narayan, in its leaves Hari and in its fruits live all theother gods. Thus from the tip of its root to the top of its shoot, Peepal is anidol of Lord Vishnu WateringPeepal with water and sugar is a sure remedy to undo the adverse influence ofShani. Q13It is told due a curse from sage Kashyapa Lord Siva had to Kill Ganapathi madefrom sandal powder. What was the curse and circumstances? A13 Once upon a time, Surya had killed the demons, Mali and Sumaali.This infuriated Lord Shiva because Mali and Sumaali were His devotees. So, LordShiva launched His trident on Surya. The blow of thetrident was unbearable for Surya and he fell from his chariot unconscious. Seeing that dire condition of his son, sage Kashyapbegan to wail in agony. All the gods soon accompanied him and began to crymournfully. Without theregular motion of Surya, the whole world was plunged in darkness. Sage Kashyap cursed Lord Shivathat as from His trident, his son had been hit, one day His own son will bedecapitated by His trident. Shiva’s anger subsided soon afterwards. He resurrected Surya but because of Kashyap’s curse, He had to cut thehead of His own son. Q14 Why Hanuman is called Sankatamochana? A14 He is especially known for relieving difficulties coming from Lord Saturn or Lord Mars. 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