Appu linga of Jambukeswaram or Thiruvanaikaval and deekshithar’s pancha
bhutha sthala Krithi on Appu linga
Jambukeswaram
called as Thiruvanai kaval or Thiruvanai
kovil is situated in the
Srirangam Island between the rivers Cauvery and Kollidam . It houses the temple of Lord Shiva called Jambukeswara, where the linga is always made
wet by the waters
of river Cauvery. There is a
very interesting story about
the origin of this temple . It seems Goddess Parvathi mocked at lord Shiva about his
penance and he cursed her to do
penance in a forest of Jambu trees(Rose apple trees) . She went to
the forest and made a linga out of the waters of river Cauvery and was doing penance there under a Jambu
tree . Later Lord Shiva appeared before her personally and
Goddess Parvathi as Akhilandeswari(Goddess of all the world) was given Upadesa by him .At that time she was facing east and
the God was facing west.
Meanwhile Two Shiva Ganas called Malyavan and Pushpadantha kept on
fighting with each other and caused
problem to the God. While fighting
Malyavan cursed Pushpa dantha to
be born as an elephant and Pushpa
dantha cursed Malyavan to become a
spider. Both of them came to this Jambu forest and started worshipping
Lord Shiva.Pushpa Dantha used to bring water in his trunk and
anoint the God. The spider daily used
to build nets and wanted to protect the linga from Sun light. The elephant was
greatly agitated and during the fight the spider entered the trunk of the elephant and killed him. Due to that sin,
the spider was born as a Chozha king called “Kochengol chozhan ” . It was this
king who built this great temple. It
seems that he was very particular that no elephant should be able to approach the
God and so the final entrance of the temple is
only four feet high and two and half feet wide.
Akhilandeswari is outside the sanctum and is facing east .It seems she was having a look of great anger. Adhi Sankara who happened to come here consecrated an idol of Ganapathi before
her and
she became extremely peaceful, for how can a mother be angry while seeing her eldest son.
Akhilandeswari is supposed to do the
noon Pooja at this temple and so the priest wears a Sari while doing pooja.
There are five
prakaras around the temple and It is
believed that Lord built the fifth Prakara himself .IN that prakara is a wall which is one mile long, 25 feet high
and two feet thick. In the fourth
prakara the wall is 2436 feet long there
are 796 pillars. The temple runs a
school for learning Nadaswaram.I am giving below the krithi of Muthuswamy deekshithar about this temple
Jambu pathe
By
Muthuswamy Deekshithar
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Ragam Yamuna kalyani
Thalam Roopakam
Pallavi
Jambu pathe maam pahi , nija ananda amrutha bodham dehi
Pallavi
Oh lord of rose apple tree , protect me and give me
true joy of nectar like
consciousness.
Anupallavi
Ambujasanadhi
sakala deva namana ,
THumburu
nutha hrudaya thapopasamana ,
Ambudhi ganga Cauvery Yamuna ,
Kambu kandya akhilandeswari Ramana.
Anupallavi
Oh Lord saluted ny
Lord Brahma and all other
devas ,
Who is prayed to
by THumburu, who pacifies the
pain of the mind ,
Who is like the ocean, river ganges , Cauvery and Yamuna
,
Who is the
consort of Akhilandeswari with
conch like neck.
(note the mention
of several water bodies by the
composer)
Charanam
Parvathja
prarthitha appu linga
Vibho,
Pancha bhootha
maya prapancha prabho,
SArva jeeva
dayakara shambho,
Samajatavi
nilaya swayambho,
SArva karuna sudhaa
sindho,
Saranagatha
vathsalartha bandho ,
Anirvachaneeya
nadha bindho,
Nithya mouli vidrutha
gangendho,
(Madhyama kala
sahithyam)
Nirvikalpaka
Samadhi nishta shiva kalpaka
tharo ,
Nirvisesha
chaithanya niranjana guru guha
guro.
Charanam
Oh Lord of linga
of water prayed to by daughter
of mountain,
Oh Lord of the world which is made of the five elements ,
Oh Shambho who is kind
to all beings ,
Oh self made
one who stays in the
forest of Sama Veda/elephants ,
Oh sea of
nectar of mercy called Sarva,
Oh friend of those
suffering people who have surrendered to
you,
Oh indefinable musical
sound ,
Oh Lord who carries the
Ganga on his head daily .
(Madhyama kala
Sahithya)
Oh divine tree of
Lord Shiva who is in unwavering Samadhi ,
Oh Guru of Lord
Subramanya who has absolute spirit and is stainless
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