Skanda Puranam !! Avanthi Kshetra Kandam !!

Jai Sriman Narayana !!

Vetrivel Muruganukku Aroara !! Muruga Saranam !!

Padatha Pattellam padivitten

Unnai thedatha idamellam thedivitten

 

Nee odamal Oliyamal Varai Kantha

Varai Kantha Varai Kantha

 

Nee Odamal Oliyamal Varai Kantha

 

Vadatha Malareduthu Vayala Unaipadi

Choodatha Nalillai Sudarmiku Vadivela

 

Varai Kantha Varai Kantha

Nee Odamal Oliyamal Varai Kantha

 

Padatha Pattellam Padivitten

 

Yethanayo selvam Yeri Yeri Anaithen

Iruppathellam Unthan Porpodha Nizhalendro

 

Pithu piduthun Peyar Pithathu Varai Thavirai

Pizhakkavazhi Ariyean Anaithennai Alkolvai

 

Varai Kantha Varai Kantha

Nee Odamal Oliyamal Varai Kantha

 

Avanthi Kshetra Kandam describes  the grandeur of   Mahakaal Theertham by Lord Shiva  to Goddess Sri Parvati - Kapala Moksham -  Names of Ujjain as Avanthika, Kanchan Shringa, Kushasthali, Padmavathi - The splendor of Avanthika - Lord Shiva describes splendour of Avanthika to Goddess Parvati.  The four holy rivers flowing through the different ares of the sacred land Avanthika are Kshipra, Gandavathi, Divyanav and Neelaganga.  The temples located here houses eighty four Shiva Lingas, eight Kalabairavas, elevan Rudras, Tweleve Adithyas, Four Ganeshas and twenty four Goddesses and there are pleny of shrines for  Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma.  There are temples of Lord Vishnu portraits the ten incarnations such as Anantha, Vasudeva, Janardhana, Balarama, Narayana, Rishikesha, Varaha, Dharanidhara, Vamana.   Origin of Narmada on this Earth - Marriage of Narmada - Swayambu Manu receives boon from Narmada - Sage Jamadagni receives Kamadhenu - description of 'Hell'.

 

 

Sage Markandeya explains to King Yudhishtira about the horrifying nature of hell where sinners are kept under the custody of Lord Yama.   One has to offer food for hungry person at least once in their life time.   Whoever neglect the opportunity may undergo the tortures in the hell, they walk through the dark and narrow thorny paths on sharp nails in the hell where there is large hollows crammed with terrible hot sand.  There are 28 types of hell in Yama Loka. They are Athighora, Raudram, Ghorathama, Dukhajanani, Ghoraroopa, Tharanthara, Bayanaka, Kaalaratri, Ghatothkata, Chanda, Mahachanda, Chandakolahala, Chandaprachanda, Varagnika, Jaghanya, Avaraloma, Bhishini, Nayika, Karala, Vikarala, Vajravinshti, Astha, Panchakona, Sudhirga, Parivartula, Sapthabauma, Ashtabhauma and Dheergamaya.  The sinner has to go through all sorts of unbearable pains and agonies after their soul departed.

 

 

Jai Sriman Narayana !!