Brahma srishti ke aarambh se Vedon ka paath kar rahe the, aur unki vidya ka garv apaar tha. Unhone rishiyon ko padhaaya tha, unhone yagyon ki vyavastha ki thi, aur kisi ne kabhi unke adhikaar par prashn nahin kiya tha. Jab ek saadhaaran baalak ne unse pavitratam akshar ka arth poochha, to unhone deergh abhyaas ke vishvaas se uttar diya, kabhi sandeh na karte hue ki unka uttar aparyaapt paaya jaayega.
Baalak hote hue bhi yuva Kartikeya gahantam gyaan ki pyaas se bhare the, aur ek din ve saral-se lagne vaale prashn sahit Brahma, srashta ke paas gaye: Om ka, Pranav ka, us pavitra akshar ka arth kya hai jisse samast Ved behte hain? Samast vidya ke srot Brahma uttar dene lage, kintu unki vyaakhya khokhli aur rati hui thi, uske shabd jo granth jaanta hai kintu unke peeche ka satya nahin. Baalak ne gambheerta se suna aur sir hilaaya. Aap nahin jaante, unhone kaha.
Kartikeya ka prashn agyaan se nahin balki aachaarya ki pareeksha ki kaamna se poochha gaya tha, jaisa shaastra shishya ko anumati dete hain. Unhone Brahma ke paath ko gambheer mukh se suna, aur jab vah poorna hua, to unhone komalta kintu dridhata se bataaya ki srashta ne Om ke aksharon ka varnan kiya hai kintu uski aatma ka nahin. Dev-sabha maun ho gayi, kyonki kisi ne baalak se sahmat hone ka saahas nahin kiya, aur kisi ne virodh ka saahas nahin kiya.
Brahma danshit hue, kyonki yah baalak kaun tha jo srashta ke gyaan ka nirnay kare? Kintu Kartikeya shaant aur nishchint the. Yadi aachaarya paath nahin jaanta, unhone ghoshit kiya, to vah padhaane yogya nahin, aur divya gyaan ke adhikaar se unhone aashcharyajanak kaarya kiya: unhone Brahma ko bandi banaaya, swayam srashta ko tab tak bandi rakha jab tak ve Om ka arth sach mein samajh na lein. Brahma ke bandikaran ne teenon lokon mein aaghaat-lehrein bhejin. Yagya ladkhadaae, kyonki srashta unhein grahan karne upasthit nahin the. Rishiyon ki praarthnaayein bhatak gayin. Devtaon ne aapaat parishad ki aur nishchay kiya ki keval Shiv hi us sankat ka samaadhaan kar sakte hain jismein unke hi putr ne brahmand ke srashta ko bandi banaaya hai.
Teenon lok is dhrishtata se kaanpe, aur devta ghabraakar Shiv ke paas daude.
Shiv Brahma ko mukt karne aaye, kintu kruddh ke bajaay jigyaasu the, kyonki unhone putr ke netron mein sachche gyaan ka prakaash pehchaana tha. Kya tum swayam Om ka arth jaante ho, unhone baalak se poochha. Kartikeya muskuraae aur kaha ki ve jaante hain, kintu ve use keval use samjhaayenge jo unke paas shishya ki bhaanti aaye, vinamrata aur shraddha sahit, jaise shishya guru ke paas aata hai. Devtaon ne saans roki, kyonki iska arth tha ki swayam Shiv, param prabhu ko apne hi putr ke charnon mein baithna hoga.
Aur Shiv, jo gyaan ke hi moort roop hain, hichkichaae nahin. Ve vidya-dharm ke samaksh nat hue, jo gyaan ka sammaan karta hai jahaan bhi vah mile, aur ve Swamimalai ki pahaadi par yuva Kartikeya ke samaksh shishya bankar baithe. Vahaan, devon-rishiyon ke vismay sahit ekatra hone par, Kartikeya ne Pranav ka arth samjhaaya: ki Om brahmand ki hi dhvani hai, srishti, paalan aur sanhaar ko dhaaran karti hui, aur unke pare neeravta, aur ki Om ko jaanna aatma ko jaanna hai.
Jab shiksha poorna hui, to Shiv ne putr ko gale lagaaya, aur Brahma, jinhone sheshon sahit suna tha, mukt hue, namra aur prabuddh. Swamimalai, vah pahaadi jahaan shiksha hui, tab se teerth-sthaan rahi hai. Uske naam ka arth hai prabhu ki pahaadi, aur uska mandir saath sopaanon ki oonchaai par mukut dhaaran karta hai, Tamil chakr ke pratyek varsh ke liye ek. Teerthyaatri Swaminath ka naam japte hue chadhte hain, aur pujaari us din ki katha dohraate hain jab param dev shishya bankar baithe the, siddh karte hue ki gyaan ki khoj mein samast bhed mit jaate hain.
Us din se Kartikeya Swamimalai mein Swaminath bankar pooje jaate hain, vah prabhu jinhone prabhu ko bhi padhaaya, aur pahaadi ka mandir Murugan ke chhah mahaan dhaamon mein se ek bana hua hai. Yah katha pramaan ke roop mein kahi jaati hai ki gyaan koi padaanukram nahin maanta, ki sachcha aachaarya baalak ho sakta hai aur sachcha shishya param dev, aur Om ka arth granthon se nahin balki usse seekha jaata hai jo jaanta hai.
Is katha ke paatra
- Kartikeya
- Shiva
- Brahma
- Parvati
