Thirumangalya Sutra
(Thalli in Tamil) tied by Lord Kameswaran makes the Divine Mother’s neck more
beautiful or attractive is the literal meaning of this Namam.
The Divine Mother is
married to Lord Siva.
But She rose from
yoga fire set up by the Devargal (Sages) seeking her help against Pandasuran’s
evil deeds. The Devargal wondered as to whom She was to be married before She
would be made an Empress. Of all the suitors at that point, Lord Siva in
Kameswaraan form was best suited to Her. At a bridegroom selection ceremony,
She threw in the air a wedding garland which fell on Kameswaran’s neck as
husband chosen.
Earlier this
Kameswaran (Lord Siva) had completely destroyed the Kaman (Manmathan), the Lord
of desire or love. Now on the Divine Mother’s wishes, the Lord Siva gave life
back to Kaman or Manmathan and to become a friend to him. For Manmathan, Lord
Siva was the lord or Eswaran or who saved him. So Lord Siva got another name as
Kameswaran. With the life given to Manmathan by Lord Siva, the wife of Manmathan,
the Rathi, also got a new marriage and a new Mangalya Sutra.
In Soundariya Lahari,
The Sage Adi Sankarar mentioned that the three strands of the Divine Mother’s
marriage thread (Mangalya Sutra) tied by Kameswaran were visible even during the Adi Sankarar’s
times(and even as of now) as three folds in the Divine Mother’s neck.
The Divine Mother’s
wonderful marriage to Lord Kameswaran is detailed in Lathitopakhyana. This is a
great narrative of Lalitha. This is part of the Brahmanada Purana (found in
fourth section there in) written as a dialogue between Hayagreevar (an avatar
of MahaVishnu) and Sage Agatsya.
Upakhyana means a
narrative or story.
The Lalitha
Sahasranama verges belong to Uttarakhanda (later part) of Brahmanda Purana.
According to S K Ramachandra Rao, a well educated person in Shri Lalitha
Sahasranama verges, these verges appear in chapter 41, 42. 43 and 44 in
Brahmanda Purana. There are supposedly 320 verges in total.
C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 23 February 2020.
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