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ಶ್ರೀ ಅನಂತಶಯನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ/Sri Anantashayana KShEtra

ಶ್ರೀಭೂಭ್ಯಾಂ ಕೃತಪಾದಸೇವನಮನರ್ಘ್ಯೋರುಸ್ಫುರದ್ಭೂಷಣಂ

ಶೇಷಾಂಗೇ ಸತತಂ ಶಯಾನಮುದರಪ್ರೋದ್ಭಾಸಿಪದ್ಮಂ ಪ್ರಭುಮ್|

ಧಾತ್ರಾ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಚಯೈಃ ಸ್ತುತಂ ಫಣಿಫಣೈಶ್ಛತ್ರೋಪಮೈರ್ಮಂಡಿತಂ

ಸೇವೇsನಂತಪುರೇಶ್ವರಂ ಮುನಿವರಪ್ರೇಮಾಕರಂ ಶ್ರೀಕರಮ್||39||

SreeBhUBhyAm krutapAdasEvanamanarGhyOrusPhuradBhUShaNam

ShEShAngE satatam shayAnamudaraprOdBhAsitapadmam praBhum|

DhAtrA stOtrachayaihi stutam PhaNiPhaNaishChatrOpamairmanDitam

sEvE(s)nantapurEshwaram munivaramAkaram shreekaram||39||

श्रीभूभ्यां कृतपादसॆवनमनर्घ्यॊरुस्फुरद्भूषणं शॆषान्गॆ सततं शयानमुदरप्रॊद्भासिपद्मं प्रभुम्।

धात्रा स्तॊत्रचयैः स्तुतं फणिफणैश्छत्रॊपमैर्मन्डितं सॆवॆsनन्तपुरॆश्वरं मुनिवरप्रॆमाकरं श्रीकरम्॥३९॥

SUMMARY: I serve the Lord of Sri Anantashayanapura, who is getting served by Sri Lakshmi Devi and Sri Bhoo Devi at the feet; who is always adorned with ever bright, shining jewels; who is always in the sleeping posture; who has the shining lotus in the naval; who is being meditated continuously by the most proficient Lord Brahma; who is ornamented by the hoods of Serpent Adi SheSha that appear like the Royal Umbrella; who is the subject of devotion for Divakara, Kaundinya and other great sages and who grants all luxury, wealth and comforts in life.

Sri Anantashayana Kshetra is presently known as Tiru Anantapuram and it is more popular as Trivandrum. This region is known as Anantavana in the Puranas. This place is about 51 miles from Kanyakumari.

Inside the fort, on the right side, there is a vast lake. A large statue of Lord Sri Padmanabha resting on Adishesha adorns the sanctum sanctorum. It is said that the statue of Sheshashayana Anantapadmanabha at Trivandrum is the largest one in the world. The right hand of the Lord is lying on a Shiva Linga. Only the face is seen from the first door, the naval from the middle or the second door and the feet from the third door. Having Darshan of the feet of the Lord from the third door is considered to be equal to having the Darshan of the entire statue.

The greatness and sacredness of this temple finds mention in Brahmandapurana, Mahabharata and other Puranas or Epics. Earlier, a devotee of Lord Vishnu by name Divakara was doing penance here to have the Darshan of the Lord. After a few years, Sri Narayana came to him in the guise of a charming young boy and started living with Divakara. However, it never occurred to the mind Divakara that the boy was none other than the Almighty. One day, Lord Vishnu in the guise of a Brahmin Boy, told Divakara that if he wanted to have his (Lord’s) Darshan, he should go to Anantavana. It then occurred to the mind of Divakara that the boy was Lord Sri Vishnu. He went in search of the boy, calling his name as “Ananta”. He came across a dense forest, where he saw a temple dedicated to a goddess called Shasta and another temple of Sri Krishna. Both these temples are now in the premises of Sri Anantapadmanabha Temple. When Divakara came there, he saw a boy entering into a hole in a large tree. Divakara ran towards the tree but before he could reach there, the tree fell on the ground. For Divakara, the fallen tree appeared like Sheshashayana Sri Anantapadmanabha. That statue of Sri Anantapadmanabha was 12 miles long. The face of the Lord was three miles away and the feet nine miles away.

Later, Divakara Muni built a temple and got the statue of Lord Anantashayana Padmanabha carved out of the fallen tree in the same way as he had seen it and worshipped it. With the passage of time, in the year 1049, when the statue had to be slightly altered, 12,000 Saligramas were kept inside the statue and the present statue of Padmanabha was created with a mix called Katusharkara Yoga. Recently, when the statue was washed, it came to light that a major part of the statue is in gold. Sri Vadirajaru has offered prayers to this Lord in this stanza.           

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