Chapter 2
Thirunāngur Thiruvanpurushothamam - (கம்ப மா)
திருநாங்கூர் வண்புருடோத்தமம்
This shrine is known as Purushothaman Sannidhi. Here, Purushothaman, who bestows the four great benefits, resides. Therefore, this Divya Desam is called Vanpurushothamam. Near the temple, there is a sacred pond called Thirupaarkadal. The utsava deity, Kadaladaitha Perumal, resides here. This is also one of the Thirunangur Divya Desams.
இந்த சன்னதியைப் புருஷோத்தமன் சன்னதி என்று கூறுவர். இங்கே நாற்பெரும் பயன்களையும் வாரிவழங்குகிறவனாய் புருஷோத்தமன் எழுந்தருளியிருக்கிறான். அதனால் இந்தத் திவ்வியதேசம் வண்புருடோத்தமம் ஆயிற்று. கோயிலுக்கு அருகில் திருப்பாற்கடல் என்று தீர்த்தம் அமைந்துள்ளது. கடலடைத்த பெருமாள் உத்ஸவர் இங்கு எழுந்தருளியிருக்கிறார். இதுவும் திருநாங்கூர்த் திவ்விய தேசங்களுள் ஒன்று.
Verses: 1258 to 1267
Grammar: Aṟuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / அறுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Pan: பழந்தக்கராகம்
Recital benefits: Will go to Vaikuṇṭam and be happy with the Gods
- Verse 1:
1258. Our lord as Rāma, who made a bridge over the ocean, went to Lankā, fought with the Rākshasa Rāvana, ' cut off his ten heads with their shining crowns and gave the kingdom to Vibhishanā, Rāvana’s brother stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where good jackfruit trees, shenbaga plants, mādhavi plants, mango trees, banana trees and fragrant kamuku trees flourish. - Verse 2:
1259. Our lord, the king of the gods who climbed on a blooming Kadamba tree with tender shoots, jumped into a pond swiftly and danced on the snake Kālingan's head stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where many divine Vediyars live keeping the three fires, performing the five sacrifices, and reciting the four Vedās and six Upanishads. - Verse 3:
1260. Our lord who ate the food that cowherds made for Indra the king of the gods in the sky, and grazed the cows and protected them from the storm stays happily in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where peacocks dance in the lovely cool groves when the clouds roar like drums and the bees sing their music. - Verse 4:
1261. Our god who broke the tusks of the long-trunked elephant Kuvalayābeedam, fought with its mahout and killed him and killed the Asuran Kamsan and the wrestlers sent by him stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where ponds and groves are abundant and sugarcane grows tall amid the paddy plants in the fields. - Verse 5:
1262. Our god killed Sakatāsuran when he came as a cart and chased away Shivā and his allies when they came to help Vānāsuran in battle and cut off the thousand arms of the Asuran. He stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur filled with rich palaces where the flags fly and rise to the sky hiding the light of the sun, the god of the day. - Verse 6:
1263. Our dear lord, Kannan who took water from the hands of Mahābali, received three feet of land and measured it with his two feet, raising them to the sky as Nānmuhan worshiped him with flowers while the Ganges flowed swiftly from the sky, stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where kongu buds are like the breasts of women, kumudam flowers bloom like their mouths and beautiful lotuses blossom like their faces. - Verse 7:
1264. Our father who went as an angry man-lion to the Asuran Hiranyan, the strong king whose name means gold, and split open his chest making the blood flow out stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where the sound of the bangles of young girls playing beautifully with balls and the sound of the anklets that ornament their feet spreads everywhere. - Verse 8:
1265. Our cloud-colored god who shed his blood on the skull of Nānmuhan that was stuck to Shivā’s hand so that Shivā, who gave half of his body to Uma with eyes like vālai fish, would be released from his terrible curse stays in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur surrounded with ponds where a vālai fish jumps in fright and makes huge coconuts fall from the tall trees that grow among the flourishing branches of the kamugu trees. - Verse 9:
1266. Our lord who created on his beautiful navel the four-headed Nānmuhan seated on a lotus and Nānmuhan created Shivā with the crescent moon in his matted hair stays happily in the temple of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where mother monkeys eat fat ripe banana fruits and embrace their babies as they sit on the branches of mango trees. - Verse 10:
1267. Kaliyan the poet worshiped the feet of the god of Vanpurushothamam in Nāngur where famous Vediyars live, skilled in the Vedās. If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams, they will receive countless joys in the world and go to the spiritual world and stay with the gods.