SABARIMALAI

He decided to see it for himself. When solicited, Mahavishnu reappeared in the self - same form. It was an inexplicable beauty; up rose his lust and down flowed his powers of discretion. He grabbed and hugged her to such tightness that it gave forth a rare fruit - the birth of a baby son; and was christened; HariHaraputra - an appropriate name.

Lord Siva left for His Kailas, leaving the babe under a green lovely tree with the lovelier multicolored flowers looking upon that loveliest blossom-Harihara with their millions of eyes. 

The legend spinning round the heavenly characters and moving up and down thus ended, making room for the entry of childless king of Pandalam, a thriving Kingdom in the South Kerala pining for a heir. This King Rajasekhara was ordained to bring up that Dharma Sastha, born to perform another Daivakarya and reinstate Dharma in the world by killing Mahishi. 

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