Vyaghrapada

The tiger-footed Vyaghrapada and snake-footed Patanjali salute Nataraja.

Vyaghrapada (Sanskrit: व्याघ्रपाद, romanized: Vyāghrapāda, lit. 'tiger-footed') is a sage featured in Hindu literature.[1]

Legend

According to legend, Vyaghrapada was entrusted with the task of picking up fresh flowers, untouched even by honeybees, for offering to Shiva in his aspect as Nataraja in the temple complex of Chidambaram, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While plucking the flowers, Vyaghrapada was wounded on account of thorns and sharp stones. Shiva conferred on him feet of tigers to relieve him of his pain. Now bearing tiger's feet, the sage easily moved from place to place, including climbing rough trees to pluck fresh flowers untouched even by the honeybees.[2] Both the sages Patanjali and Vyaghrapada venerated Shiva, and in response, the deity performed the ananda tandava, his dance of bliss.[3]

The sage is also associated with the king known as Lokeshavikrama, whom he adopts as his son, as described in a sthala purana.[4]

Vyaghrapada is also believed to be the founder of the famous Shiva temple at Vaikom in Kottayam district, Kerala.

Iconography

His image and iconography depicts him as a human being but with the legs of a tiger. He is also shown having a tiger-like tail. Generally, he is shown alongside Patanjali, and both are depicted as offering homage to Shiva in his aspect as Nataraja.[5]

The Sthalasayana Perumal Temple, Tirusirupuliyur in Tamil Nadu, a Vishnu temple, is regarded to have been visited by Vyaghrapada with Patanjali, the sages receiving the darshana of Vishnu in the form of Ranganatha of Srirangam.

See also

Sources

  • Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola

References

  1. ^ Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1982). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated. Asian Educational Services. p. 207. ISBN 978-81-206-0151-2.
  2. ^ Pattanaik, Devdutt (21 November 2014). Pashu: Animal Tales from Hindu Mythology. Penguin UK. p. 133. ISBN 978-81-8475-692-0.
  3. ^ Krishna, Nanditha (15 May 2014). Sacred Plants of India. Penguin UK. p. 328. ISBN 978-93-5118-691-5.
  4. ^ Smith, David (13 November 2003). The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-521-52865-8.
  5. ^ Warrier, Shrikala (December 2014). Kamandalu: The Seven Sacred Rivers of Hinduism. MAYUR University. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-9535679-7-3.

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