Praise to the feet of God, Praise to the feet of my father, Let the anklets of that great one who uplifts those who bend their head to him be victorious.Ĭheeraar perum thurai nama devan adi pothi(11-15) Let the anklets of king who happily lives in the mind of those who salute him be victorious, Let the flower like anklets of the God, who is scarce to those who stand away from him be victorious, Let the valorous anklets of Lord Shiva, who cuts off cycle of birth be victorious Let the feet of the God who stabilized my mind be victorious, Siram kuvivaar onguvikkum cheeron kazhal velga.(6-10) Karam kuvivaar ul magizhum kon kazhalgal velga, Puratharkkum cheyon than poomkazhalgal velga, Pirapparukkump injakan than pey kazhalgal velga, Long live the feet of the God who was one but appeared as many. Long live the feet of him who became holy books and comes near us, Long live the feet of my Guru who ruled over Thiruvavaduthurai(Thiruperum thurai ?)*, Long live the feet of him who does not move away from my mind even for a second. Long live Namasivaya, Long live the holy feet of our Lord, Kokazhi aanda guru mani than thaal vaazhga, Imai podum yennenjil neengaadhan thal vazhga. Namasivaya vaazhga, Nadan thal vazzhga ,

and the audio is Audio by Sulamangalam sisters is available in ) There is also a great commentary in Tamil Which includes the Tamil text of this work in This Shiva puranam attempts to portray the jeeva towards Shiva and is aptly called “Shiva Puranam”, The famous English translation of Shiva Puranam by Mr.G.U.Pope (fondly called Popeiyer) is available in G.U.Pope’s translation.

According to the philosophy of Saivism, the jeeva is prevented from the realization of God by three impurities (Anava(pride), Karma, and Maya) and only approach to Shiva can remove these impurities. In tamil Jeeva (the individual soul is called “ Cheevaa”.

Unlike suggested by the name it is not the epic dealing with the stories of Shiva. It was composed in a Shiva temple called Thiruperum thurai The first prayer in THiruvasagam is the Shiva Puranam. Due to the sweetness and greatness of this work, there is a proverb in Tamil which says, “Thiruvasagathukku urugaar, yebbasagathukkum Urugaar”( One who does not melt for Thiruvasagam will not melt for any literary work). His collection of works is called Thiruvachakam. (Manikka Vasagar was one of the four great Nayanmars (saivite saints ) of Tamil Nadu, who was a great poet as well as great contributor to the SAivite philosophy.

Sivapuranam lyrics in tamil