Storia do Mogor 248.4

248.4

When the choler had evaporated and the dispute blown over, Rudra sought for his son. He had fallen before the giant's violence. He found only a headless body, and was thus forced to cut off an elephant's head, which he so made to adhere that his son came to life. The father then told his son he must never marry until he found a woman as lovely as his mother. This is why in this country this idol is always turned with its face to the east, looking for a woman equal to his mother. But up to this time the resuscitated Vinayaka, also called by them Polyar (Pillaiyar), has not found her. By order of the gods Rudra went to cut off the head of Brahma, who had turned himself into a stag and seduced his own daughter. In doing such an act, as they assert, Rudra was guilty of a heinous sin. To expiate it he divested himself of clothing, increasing his penance by wearing nothing and dwelling in grave-yards. There, smeared with ashes and holding Brahma's head in his hand, he passed his days and nights with grievous groans, until he thereby lost his senses. However, in the end he grew weary of such heavy penance, and decided to obtain some solace.