SRI VADIRAJA VIRACHITA

“TEERTHA PRABANDHA” – STEP 25

ಶ್ರೀ ವಾದಿರಾಜ ವಿರಚಿತ “ತೀರ್ಥ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ”.

Prayers offered for Sri Shankaranayana/ಶ್ರೀ ಶಂಕರನಾರಾಯಣರಿಗೆ ನಮನ

ಶ್ರುತಿಶತವರ್ಣಿತಚರಿತಂ ಯತಿಹೃನ್ನಿರತಂ ಯಥೇಷ್ಟಗುಣಭರಿತಮ್|

ಕಿಂಕರವರದಮನಿಂದ್ಯಂ ಶಂಕರನಾರಾಯಣಂ ವಂದೇ||53||

ShrutishatavarNitacharitam yatihrunniratam yaThEShTaguNaBharitam|

Kinkaravaradamanindyam ShankaranArAyaNam vandE||53||

SUMMARY: Oh Lords Sri Shankara and Narayana, you have a history of being praised, revered and appreciated with devotion in Vedic hymns; you romance in the hearts of Yogis; as believed and desired by the devotees, you have attributes of generic welfare; you bestow boons upon devotees; you are never abused; in other words, you are praised by one and all; I salute you both.  

ಶೂಲಸುದರ್ಶನಸುರುಚಂ ಬಾಲೇಂದೂಜ್ಜ್ವಲಕಿರೀಟಶೋಭಿತಶಿರಸಮ್|

ಪಂಕಜಮುಖಕರಚರಣಂ ಶಂಕರನಾರಾಯಣಂ ವಂದೇ||54||

ShUlasudarshanasurucham bAlEndUjjwalakireeTashOBhitashirasam|

PankajamuKhakaracharaNam ShankaranArAyaNam vandE||54||

SUMMARY: Oh Lord Shankara and Lord Narayana, you are adorned with Trident and Sudarshana, the mystic and divine disc; your heads are decorated with crowns that are shining like young full moon; your faces, entire mien are like lotus and I salute you both.

ಪೀನೋರುಕಟಿಸುನಾಭಿಂ ಧ್ಯಾನಾರ್ಹೋರಃಸ್ಥಿತಾಹಿಫಣಹಾರಮ್|

ಶಂಖಾಭ್ರವರ್ಣಮನಘಂ ಶಂಕರನಾರಾಯಣಂ ವಂದೇ||55||

PeenOrukaTisunABhim DhyAnArhOrahasThitAhiPhaNahAram|

ShanKhABhravarNamanaGham ShankaranArAyaNam vandE||55||

SUMMARY: You have solid thighs, waist and good naval; the serpent adoring your chest is worthy of being worshipped and prayed; you are adorned with very bright jewels. Your complexion wears the color of conch and sky; you are fabulous, without any defect or fallacy and I salute you, Sri Shankaranarayana.

Sri Krodashankaranarayana Kshetra is almost in the middle of Kundapur. It is about 16 miles from the western sea on Kundapur-Shivamogga route. From this place, Western Ghats is about 16 miles and 34 miles from Udupi. From Kollur, it is about 26 miles and from Koteshwar about 14 miles. In the Pushkara khanda of Padmpurana, as many as 24 chapters are dedicated to this holy place.

Earlier, two demons named Khara and Ratta wanted to take revenge against Indra for allegedly killing their father Jambha. Therefore, they did penance to please Lord Rudra and when the Lord appeared, they demanded that they should not die except from a person having Hari and Hara in a single body. Lord Shiva granted the boon and they began terrorizing the universe, killing the spirituous and pious and destroying towns and cities. Lord Brahma directed Sage Narada to preach ChArvAka philosophy to Khara and Ratta. Due to the influence of that philosophy, the duo despised the existence of God and claimed that they were the Gods. Aniruddha and Vamadeva, Pradyumna and Sadyojata, Sankarshana-Aghora, Tatpurusha and Vasudeva did penance in praise of Narayana and Shankara by assuming the forms of Jamadagni, Mandavya, Agastya, Lomasha and Kodamuni, when Narayana appeared by their left side and Shankara by their right. They took the incarnation of Shankaranarayana in the form of Linga. Sri Shankaranarayana killed Khara and Ratta for the welfare of the universe and then stayed in the form of two separate Ligas to bless the devotees and fulfill their desires. Although Shankara and Narayana appeared separately, the demons were caught in an illusion that they were one. Some school of thought is of the view that because their task was common, the two Lingas integrated to appear as one Linga.

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