The famous Thevaram sung by Sambandar on this occasion forms the grand opening song of the Twelveĭepicts in tuneful melodious verse, the significanceĪttained the divine wisdom of Siva-jnanam, Pre-eminently in the Trunpasuram, as elucidated by the author Sekillar in the sectionĪn allusion to the enlightenment of the child born in the sacred city of Seerkali, and who at the age of three cried out in hunger and was fed by the milk of wisdom by the divine Mother Parvathi. Periyapuranam, a singular distinction which is not given to any other Tirumurai collection of songs or cantos cited by him. Sekillar in the twelfth century gives an exhaustive commentary on this great song of songs- Tinipasu. Sambandar's canto called Tirupasuram constitutes a unique composition, celebrating a unique event of Siva-consciousness enacted in the seventh century, in the heyday of Such is the infinite power of Siva attested by men of vision and wisdom in Periyapuranam. It resists the river current and makes a crocodile disgorge a child which it had swallowed and digested. It is not subject to consumption by fire, and gives life to bones and overcomes the law of gravitation by making a granite stone float in water. Power of Siva destroys poison and tames a wild elephant. In a world of changing phases, the vision of Siva gleams Supreme Reality of Para Sivam, the absolute One, who manifests His Grace in the universe of non-sentient and sentient beings.

The sixty three Saints delineated in Periyapuranam extol Like the divinely inspired Vedas, the sacred collections of Tirumurais sung by the key custodians of Saivism Under extraordinary circumstances, which marked a ficant land-mark in the history of Saivism in India. Magnificent episode as an extraordinary testament of the direct perception Over alien creeds and cults by the crest jewel of the luminous Siva Place which witnessed the terminal victory of Siva's supremacy We stood by the bank of the now dried up Vaikai river and watched the silent towers of the Siva temple with the rising sun spreading its shafts of INTRODUCTION Tiruvedakam, a hallowed hamlet, near the Pandyan capital Madurai was the scene of the crowning experience of Sivam, enacted by the foremost of the Saiva saints, Sambandar extolled by Sekillar in Periyapuranam. Rarnakrishnan, Executive Secretary, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay 400 007. Gopalakrishnan at Associated Advertisers & Printers, 505, Tardeo Arthur Road, Bombay 400 034, and Published by S.

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