Tiruttani (Murukan’s marriage with Valli),.Thiruparankundram or Parankundram (Murukan’s marriage with Devasena),.Tiruchendur (Devasenāpati aspect and rendition of Sūrapadma),.Svamimalai (Murukan teaching the meaning of praṇava to Śiva).Palani (Murukan obtaining the fruit of wisdom and appearing as ānṭi, a person owing nothing of his own).Destroys the enemies in fierce battles,.Discovers the hidden truths and enlightens minds of sages,.Casts a gracious look and grants boons,.Diffuses radiance and dispels darkness,.‘Peacock’ stands for the killer of time and thereby birth and death.Įach of the six faces of Murugan (Murukan) brings out various philosophical meanings namely, ‘Serpent’ stands for the cycle of years or the cycle of births. He rides on the peacock, the killer of serpents. Murugan is praised as a great Siddha of Bāla-varga group. He is also called Skanda, Murukan, Kandasāmi, Supraya Kumāra, Saravana, Kārtikeya, Kāṅgeyan, Āṟumukha, Ṣanmukhan, Velāyuda, Sūra Samhāra Mūrti, Mailerivelan and Tārakājit. Murugan (or Murukan) is also called Subrahmaṇya. Source: DSpace at Pondicherry: Siddha Cult in Tamilnadu (shaivism) The iconography of Subrahmanya is elaborated at length in the Kumaratantra and Śrītattvanidhi. The cult of Muruga was a well developed one ever since the Cankam period in Tamilaham. Muruga, the second son of Siva and Parvati, is variously known as Subrahmanya, Shanmukha, Karttikeya, Skanda, Devasenapati, Śikhivahana Saravanabhava, etc. Murugan in Shaivism glossary Source: Murugan: The Iconography of Murugan