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To avoid a that disaster, he solicited the
celebrated sage Agasthya to go to south and stay there for maintaining the equilibrium
of the raising earth. Finding Agasthya's discontent at raising the
auspicious celestial wedding, he promised to meet him with his consort in his
hermitage itself after the marriage, beside bestowing the gift of divine sight
to see every thing from his own seat
itself Satisfied at this unexpected fortune. Agasthya moved
anon to the south, humbling the Vindhyas on his way and settled
down at Sonadri being the ideal, sequestered spot for meditation
and ascetic life. And this sonadri, if translated in to Malayalam becomes
Chenukunni, and if 'ur' is added to indicate town,
it turns out Chenkunnur-its corrupt form being Chengannur
perched to records and popular in common parlance.
As
promised, Lord Parameswar visited with Parvathi at his
asram and blessed him for doing the Jagadoharanakarya. While
staying there, Parvathi had her menses. The divine couple,
therefore, dwelt there till the pacificator bath. To keep this
alive in memory, a temple was built later, and the image of Lord
Parameswar and Parvathi were installed one behind another
in two separate shirines separated by a wall.
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