Vilva is a tree. The leaves of the tree are called vilva leaves. Lord Shiva is pleased with the prayers using vilva leaves. Bringing baskets of flowers and offering the same for the archana in the temples are the regular custom used everywhere.

1. Eka Vilvam Shivarpanam By Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar
Vilva is a tree. The leaves of the tree are called vilva leaves. Lord Shiva is pleased with the
prayers using vilva leaves. Bringing baskets of flowers and offering the same for the archana in the
temples are the regular custom used everywhere. Lord Shiva is known for his profound gracefulness
towards his devotees. He is pleased, with just only one leaf of ‘Vilva’ and grants boons to his
devotees. Lord Shiva kind-heartedly blesses his devotees and fulfills their ambitions. For those who
need good jobs, promotions, and any development in their careers they have to worship the Lord Shiva
in the form of “Sukashna Moorthy”. The beginning of the name is explaining the comfort and
happiness. Peacefulness is at the atmosphere where Lord Shiva appears. The face is adoring with
gracefulness and genorousity.
Lord Shiva is the deity with the name “Pranatharthihara”. True meaning for this title is the savior
of his devotees. People are used to attend the prayers every day. Due to their busy moments and tight
engagements, they are unable to schedule long time for prayers. So the practice to chant the Mantras is
disturbed. Many of the sages have guided us to chant in a simplified form “Om Shivaya Namaha”.
Sukashna Moorthy to be worshipped by all the members of the family. Specifically the ladies
engaged in the domestic routines. And also for those who are awaiting for good education and proper
appointments. It will be helpful to the circle of profession and business. The name sukashna is

2. combined with Sugam and Asana. Sukam means pleasure and Ashana means the place of comfort.
Asana is involved for, firm and right status of sitting. To be steady and to have positive improvement
the devotees have to pray the Lord with the ‘Manthra’ given above.
Lord Shiva and Lord Maha Vishnu Happened to meet each other in their avatars and incornatins.
In one of the event, Hiranya Kasibu a notable demon King secured several boons from Lord Brahma.
Lord Brahma was the creator of the worlds stars and universe. All kinds of living beings were also
created by him. For living, one should eat food. For that purpose, the duty went to the hands of Lord
Maha Vishnu. If all the living beings happen to stay permanently, then there could be no space and
only the births would be filling up to cover the world. So, the destruction of all the beings were also
needed. Lord Shiva accepted that job. Therefore, the creator and the accommodator and destructor
were the three charges under taken by Lords Brahma Maha Vishnu and Shiva respectively.
Lord Brahma gave the boons to Hiranya Kasibu as he asked. Boon related to his life and age.
His opinion was to live forever with out death and that he preferred that no one could put an end to his
life, either by man or by Divine. He specified that neither in daytime nor at nighttime should the death
occur to him. The condition was further claimed that it should not be through animal, birds or reptiles.
In both earth and heaven, the death should not reach him. He had composed for himself all the
measures in the boon and wanted to live as a sole authority for all the worlds including Divine Land.
He had restricted every one worshipping Lord Shiva and Lord MahaVishnu. He inducted his
name ‘Hiranya’ in the manthras and prayers. Instead “Om Namo Narayana” the prayer for Lord Maha
Vishnu, he compelled to worship as “Om Namo Hiranyaya Nama”. His atrocious actions were
boundless and no one lived with happiness. Lord Maha Vishnu was requested by the Divines and
sages to put an end to this arrogant giant. Lord Maha Vishnu promised them to do the essential
remedies. As per the proceedings, ‘Prahalad’ a male child born to “Hiranya Kasibu”. From the
beginning, that child behaved as devotee to Lord Maha Vishnu. When the boy grew, he was sent to the
Gurukulam, the residing school for studies. The teacher began to teach him the manthra “Om
Hiranyaya Namaha”.

3. However, the boy boldly expressed the manthra of Sri Narayana as “Om Namo Narayana”. The
adament nature of the boy was brought to the knowledge of king ‘Hiranya Kasibu’. He punished the
boy, by sending the ‘Elephant’ to crush him at the soils of ground. However, the animal did no harm to
him and returned. The Boy was brought inside the palace. King Hiranya asked the Boy “Who is
Narayan and where is he?” The Boy told to his father that “The Lord dwells in the pillar of palace as
well in every dust surrounded”.
Hiranya got angry and went near the pillar and gave a forceful kick upon the pillar. As a strange
and miraculous appearance, a big body of a lion with the legs of a human came out ferociously from
the pillar. It was not day or night. It was evening. The hands were four in number, the flying wheel of
Maha Vishnu (Sudharshan) and the conch “Pancha Janya” were in the upper hands and the body was
streaking ahead to the sky. It was not earth or heaven. In the mid place, the lion faced strange being
lifted the king Hiranya. The stomach of Hiranya was torn and the blood was streaming down in huge
quantity. The anger of the lion was not over even after killing Hiranya Kasibu. As per boon the death
was not through animal or reptile. It was partially a lion with other part as man. Time was not the day
or night. It was evening. Therefore, the ferocious manner of lion Faced “Narsimha moorthy” could not
interfered by any one. The temper and mood in the victorious from “Narasimha Moorthy” started
roaring and the sound spread over the world to face the stage of destruction. In order to save the world
from danger Lord Shiva, wanted to divert the attention of Narasinga Moorthy and bring down to the
observation of normalcy. “Narasimha” means, ‘Nara’ denotes the human and simha denotes animal.
Simha means lion. So, it was a combined avathar of man and animal. Lord Shiva turned as a bird with
horrible beak, extended the shape to the hight of the sky, and stood before “Narasimha”. For a
moment, the lion faced Narasimha astonished to look a very big bird with terrifying nature. Of course
there took place no quarrel, but, Lord Maha Vishnu in the from of “Narasimha Moorthy” came down
to the normalcy and attained to the atmosphere of piece. This is what needed at that juncture. The
killing of the demon king was over and the Lord Narasimha Moorthi and Sarabeswara (Lord Shiva in
the form of Bird) blessed the human beings and the divines. Prahalatha the son of the Demon king fell
at the feet of both Lords Maha Vishnu and Lord Shiva and got their blessings.
In the world if any one is fearful to oppose a big person for a noble cause, the prayer to Sri
Sarabeswara will be helpful. The proper way and plan will be blessed to the devotee who can claim for

4. justice and win the event. “Om Sri Sarabeswaraya Namaha” for prayer, one leaf of vilva will derive
the purpose. “Eka Vilvam Shivarpanam”.
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