Birth of panjurli
In our place, people worship a deity called Panjurli.Panjurli has different names across Tulunadu. Here is the story that says regarding this.
Long ago, there lived a male and female panji. (panji means pig in tulu).They were living as brother and sister. Seeing their close relationship, god Shiva blessed them that from now onwards they can live as husband and wife. Like this, they were living.
They began a family. Female panji gave birth to small children. They were so beautiful and at the same time they were very naughty too. Once they were wandering in a garden. They were playing with each other. At the same time , Parvati saw them playing happily. She was attracted by their beauty. She pleaded her husband(Shiva) to give one of them to her.
Shiva could not say no to his wife's wish. He gave one of piglets to Parvati. She was looking after it as if it is her own son. But one day,in playful mood the piglet went out and reached Shiva's garden. It spoiled the garden. Shiva came to know of this. In rage, he killed the piglet. Back home, Parvati was waiting for her son. She came to know what had happened.
She was in great sorrow. Shiva could not see his wife's sorrow. He said he will give life to it. But when giving life. Shiva blessed the piglet to have some divine powers and asked it to go to Bhooloka and help people to overcome their problems.Likewise, it came to Bhooloka. With its divine powers, it solved the problems of people. People used to worship it in order to solve their problems. Thus , the panji becomes a deity called PANJURLI in Tulunadu. Still people are worshiping it.
In our place, people worship a deity called Panjurli.Panjurli has different names across Tulunadu. Here is the story that says regarding this.
Long ago, there lived a male and female panji. (panji means pig in tulu).They were living as brother and sister. Seeing their close relationship, god Shiva blessed them that from now onwards they can live as husband and wife. Like this, they were living.
They began a family. Female panji gave birth to small children. They were so beautiful and at the same time they were very naughty too. Once they were wandering in a garden. They were playing with each other. At the same time , Parvati saw them playing happily. She was attracted by their beauty. She pleaded her husband(Shiva) to give one of them to her.
Shiva could not say no to his wife's wish. He gave one of piglets to Parvati. She was looking after it as if it is her own son. But one day,in playful mood the piglet went out and reached Shiva's garden. It spoiled the garden. Shiva came to know of this. In rage, he killed the piglet. Back home, Parvati was waiting for her son. She came to know what had happened.
She was in great sorrow. Shiva could not see his wife's sorrow. He said he will give life to it. But when giving life. Shiva blessed the piglet to have some divine powers and asked it to go to Bhooloka and help people to overcome their problems.Likewise, it came to Bhooloka. With its divine powers, it solved the problems of people. People used to worship it in order to solve their problems. Thus , the panji becomes a deity called PANJURLI in Tulunadu. Still people are worshiping it.
this version is new to me! the one I knew for long is the version told in the yakshagana "bappanadu Kshetra Mahatme" - anyway, most of these history/origins are from folk-lore and depends on our faith./rgds/slr
ReplyDeleteplease enlighten on bhootha-daiva marlathaya-it may be connected to panjurli also but not sure.
ReplyDeleteIf you have any supporting base for this?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I never new this. Thanks. Proud be to be from Tulu naad
ReplyDeletePanjurli’ as per tradition means ‘Panji kurle or kurli, i.e. a wild boar’s offspring. This offspring was created by Lord Shiva and was cursed by Goddess Parvati for his misdeeds of destroying her ‘kadalivana’ (=banana grove). The curse is mitigated by ordaining him to be born on Earth as a Divine Spirit to protect and uplift the masses from evil to good. There is another version in Bappanadu Kshetra Mahatme that he was born out of sweat of Hanuman, which fell into the ocean while carrying the mountain bearing the Sanjivani herbs.
ReplyDeletePanjurli (Panji+urli) is a compound word wherein Panji = wild boar is clear. The exact meaning and source of 'Urli' here is baffling and is to be recognised.
‘Uri’ has the meaning of angry, savage, wild, ferocious and fierce, as we can understand in Ugra Narasimha or Uri Brahma (Uri Brahma is one of the Daivas, worshipped in Athur Bailu Mahalingeshwar Temple). The suffix ‘li’ generally represents ‘animal’ or ‘bird’, as we find in ‘pili (=tiger), ‘palli (=lizard), ‘eli’ (=rat) and ‘gili’ (=parrot), etc.
What makes it clear is that Panjurli means: an Ugra (=violent) Panji (=boar), a deity with abilities to punish for the evil deeds and bless the good. Overall, the word 'Panjurli' means a wild boar.
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