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Tārakā

Conceived with a sole purpose in mind

To destroy Indra and the Devas

To satiate his

Pitāmahi’s vengeance

Tārakā

The demon with resolute mind

In Tapas, immersed; to conquer universe

Brahma descends in admiration

Tārakā

Seeking the boon of immortality

Brahma refused, since whats created

One day, it has to perish

Tārakā

So crafty, he named his only Slayer, the wouldn't be born, son of Śiva,

Śiva in tapas for time undefined

And so he storms, destroying peace

Raiding, assaulting trilokas with ease

Indra Loka in tatters and seized

Indra dethroned and fled in grief

Indra

Seeking in anguish, the giver of the boon

To find a remedy, to immediately

Restore Dharma

Brahma

Assuring the remedy lies in the boon

Awaking Śiva from his tapas

Uniting Śiva Śakti

Om namaśivāya (2X)

Skanda…..

Ārumuga Vadivelā

Vanḍāyo emai kākaa

OM mandira thatthuvathai

Thagapannuke sonnāye

Receiving the Vel

With humility

From the divine Mother

Whetted by Buddhi

Broadened by Manas

Strengthened by Jnāna

Raising the Senas

With mighty Devas

Leading all fronts

Almighty Skanda

Tārakā in rage

Ahankāra embraced

Deploying billions of asuras to fight his war

The asuras on fire

Blazing the armies

Of Indra and Devas

Like trees on fire

But Skanda, unflinched

Hurling the Vel

Reproducing a rain

Of missiles down asuras

The battle was fierce

Like the battle of life

When thy fails to heed

The order of life

Tārakā is real

Power as steel

Overpowering our

Senses of moral

Ruthlessness

Become a virtue

When faced with

Moral adversities

Stay upright,

Like the Vel,

Eradicating

The values of Tārakā

Sūrasamhāram

Skandaa…..

Ārumuga Vadivelā

Vanḍāyo emai kākaa

OM mandira thatthuvathai

Thagapannuke sonnāye

Hail, the slayer of Tārakāsuraa

Glory to the Slayer of Tārakāsuraa

Om Saravanabhavāya Namah