Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 545 Shri Pulomajarcita (ōṃ pulōmajārcitāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is worshipped by Pulomaja (Indrani, the spouse of Indra), at her time of difficulty, 

Through reciting Her names, one can correct his shortcomings to attain Her. In tattva terms, the actions of sensory elements are related to Devas and the mind is related to Indran. If the mind loses its goodness, then the humans move down in the ladder of maturity. For those who want to improve should start learning more about the Divine Mother’s glories and correct their minds to correct path. 

Sasi Devi was the daughter of Puloman. After destroying Puloman, Indran married his daughter Sasi Devi; she became Indrani as a result. When Indran was away, Nahusa tried to become the Indran. He also tried to get Indrani to become his spouse. Indrani worshipped the Divine Mother to solve her problem with Nahusa. So, to regain Indran’s status and to save her from Nahusa, her worship to the Divine Mother had helped as we see in below listed paragraphs. 

On the advice of Brahaspati, the Guru of the Devas, Pulomaja, the spouse of Indran, worshipped the Divine Mother to regain her husband’s kingdom of Heaven from Nahusa, who had earlier seized it. Nahusa, a king of the lineage of the Sun, attained the status of Indra by performing a hundred yoga (sacrifices). But he wanted that his status would be complete only if Indrani was becoming his spouse as well. Indrani was not very happy at this. She worshipped to the Divine Mother, as Tripurasundari Devi, to be able to keep original Indran as her husband. Through this worship, a way to avert the misfortune became clear. 

She demanded that to accept Nahusa as her husband, he should arrive in a palanquin carried by the risis. The love-sickened Nahusa agreed to this. He started on his journey to Indrani’s chambers in great splendor, in a dolly carried by great sages.  Agasthya, the great sage, being short, happen to tilt the carriage to one side. Nahusa urged him on by tapping on his head saying “sarpa, sarpa (move, move). Agastya was angered by this Nahusa’s action and cursed him, “Sarpo (bhava), Sarpo (bhava)” meaning “turn into a serpent”. Nahusa then turned into a great serpent and slithered to the ground. Thus, through the worship, of the Divine Mother, Indrani overcame her danger and regained her original husband, Indran.

 

The Divine Mother worship had helped Indrani to regain her status.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 23 July 2021.

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.       The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar