Once Lord Brahma came to Mount Kailasa and walked in proudly.Murugan
was with Lord Shiva and Uma Dewi at that time.Of course the Devas as well as
Vishnu was there.While they were returning ,Murugan seated himself at the
entrance.Bhrama , passed by but did not
propitiate to Murugan with full respect.This annoyed Murugan.
Murugan
then stopped Bhrama and asked what was Bhramas daily job.Brahma replied that
for thousand of years he had been given the task to create.Then Murugan
inquired whether Bhrama knew the full Vedas. Bhrama of course replied that he
did and ended his reply with OM. Lord Murugan then ask
to explain the meaning of the pranava mantra
'OM' which the Bhrama chanted.Bhrama was unable to explain and said "Om
means Lord Brahma."
Angered,
Murugan gave Brahma a beating on all four heads and kicked him out of the
place. Murugan then threw Brahma in prison at Kandaverpilai. Then he himself
took over the job of creation, protection and destruction of the universe.
The
Devas who know this, went to Vishnu seeking help.Then Vishnu with the Devas
went to Shiva himself. Lord Shiva came to know about Brahma's imprisonment and
sent Nandi to request Murugan to release Brahma. But Murugan ignored the
request.
When Narada told Siva about Murugan's refusal to
release Brahma, Siva laughed and he himself went to Lord Murugan.Lord Murugan
refused saying how can a man create without knowing the meaning of
OM.Furthermore Murugan feels that Bhrama is too self arrogant and should be
taught a lesson.This angered Shiva , and Murugan realizing this released Brahma
and gave him back his work of Creation.
Shiva then questioned Murugan whether he knew the meaning
OM.Murugan then explained the meaning methodically.Shiva was indeed surprised
at Murugans knowledge.The place this incident took place was known as
Swamimalai since.Murugan is known as
Swaminathan here, meaning the teacher to the supreme.
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