December 06, 2023 05:25 am | Updated 05:25 am ISTNo human being is entirely good or totally bad. A comparative study of the siblings in the Ramayana and the Skanda Purana offers great insight into the latent hero and anti-hero traits. His sibling Simhamukha fails to dissuade him from waging war on Lord Murugan. Lord Murugan sees through Soorapadman’s shape-changing trickery and splits him into two, from which a rooster and peacock emerge. For the jiva to merge with the Lord, all three layers should be shed by a devotee, one after the other.

Source: The Hindu December 06, 2023 00:09 UTC