17 June 2009

Muruga's wedding and the holy ash

Parvathi was behind her son nagging as all mom's to get married.He was on the hillock of Palani


where Parvathi followed her son and ordered him to marry.He agreed after lot of persuasion from Parvathi-the wanted to be mother-in-law. Parvathi selected a girl whom she liked a lot and just adored the girl for her son who was a perfect match in every which way.Parvathi approached Subramanya(muruga) and seemed very excited,she told him oh the girl is so beautiful so kind so so so....with all positive adjectives that a girl would possess but in the end she added she is ME and you can't tell her apart.Parvathi meant she was perfect girl for him.Subramanya smiled and said am sorry mom I cant marry her.Parvathi was all furious and thought he din't wana get married at all and asked him to puke all the milk that she had fed him.He smiled and puked everything and the whole hill was covered with the milk that was consumed by Subramanya when he was a kid.Then Parvathi starts crying when subramanya consoles her and tells her mom if shes like you how can I marry her would a son marry his mom or someone who is mom like?please look for another girl.Then Parvathi realises and starts looking for other matches.She blesses him saying this would be used as the holy ash in your name and would retain all the fragrance that it is carrying now even after its dry.People would be cured of diseases consuming the milk you have spilled,their wealth would grow immensly applying it on their forehead and would always prosperous with its continual use, From that day on Subramanya was the god of health Wealth and Prosperity.