Handsome an ism of an ism
Out sparkled Shanmukham of Shiva's ism
Wary Spear of Shakti's ism
Heroism of slaying demonism
Supreme Knowledge of GnanaSkandam
Subhramanya of sprawling macrocosm
Awesome His charismatic blossom
On earth august His truism
Related isms relative to His Theism
Valli-Deivanai..ataraxia delightsome
Rooster-peacock-amity winsome
Reigning Kumara of sacred Kaumaram
Note:Around the 8th century AD, the great philosopher,
Saint Sri SankarAchAyA, (Sri Aadi Shankarar) ,
grouped the various forms of worship in
Sanatana Dharma (better known as Hinduism) ,
into six sects. (Shanmathas)They are:
GanApathyam... The devotion to Lord GaneshA.
Saivam... The devotion of Lord SivA.
Vaishnavam... The devotion to Lord Vishnu.
Sauram... The devotion to the Sun God, or Fire.
ShAktham... The devotion to Sri Shakti (AmbikA)
KaumAram... The devotion to Lord SkandA (Lord Murugan)
These six sects are interlinked anyway
In the above poem 'ism of an ism' means Kaumaram of Hinduism
and 'Shiva's ism 'means... Lord Muruga was born out of Shiva's third eye as six fire sparks
and later became to a form of human body with six heads and twelve hands to be called Shanmukha
So the ism of Kaumaram came out of Shiva's ism Saivam
'Wary Spear of Shakti's ism' means...
Goddess Parvati presented the Vel(spear)to her son Murugan as an embodiment of her shakti
or power in order to vanquish the evil asura Soorapadman. According to the Skanda Purana,
in the war between Murugan and Soorapadman, Murugan used the Vel to defeat
all the evil forces of Soorapadman. When a complete defeat for Soorapadman was imminent,
the asura transformed himself into a huge mango tree to evade detection by Murugan.
But not fooled by Asura's trick, Murugan hurled his Vel and split the mango tree into two halves,
one becoming Seval (a rooster)and the other Mayil (a peacock) .
Henceforth, the peacock became his vahana or mount and vehicle and
the rooster became the emblem on his battle flag.
So Muruga's Kaumaram is connected to Shaktam or Shakti's ism
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
ism of an ism...heroism of slaying demonism! So the ism of Kaumaram came out of Shiva's ism Saivam but there is no trace of egoism! A brilliant poem that needs meticulous introspection. Top score!