Lord Sastha the son of Lord Vishnu in his incarnation as Mohini and Lord Shiva and has been worshipped all over Tamil Nadu in the form of Sastha and Ayyanar. In both these cases, Lord Sastha was considered to be married to Poorna and Pushkala. Ayyappa or Mani Kanda , who was an Avathar of Lord Sastha and who lived as the adopted son of the pandya king of Pandalam was a Nithya Brahmachari though in Arayankav temple of Kerala , it is believed that he married Pushkala devi (Some say Prabhavathi ) of the Saurashtrian community and he is consecrated with his wives Poorna and Pushkala in Achal Kovil temple. Of Kerala. Legend says that the temples of AchanKOvil and Aryankav were consecrated by Lord Parasurama himself much before the incarnation of Lord Sastha as Ayyappa. Lord Sastha also is supposed to have a son called Sathyaka , reforred to as Chella Pillai(Darling son) . Pushkala is supposed to be the daughter of Palinja varman, who ruled over Nepal. Poorna is supposed to be the daughter of a king called Pinchaka varman who was supposed to have ruled over the Cochin kingdom of Kerala It Seems Palinja varman of Nepal wanted to sacrifice his daughter Pushkala in search of immortality for himself . When Pushkala prayed to Lord Shiva to protect her, it is believed that he sent Lord Sastha for protecting her. Lord Sastha saved her and also made king Palinja Varman leave out his ideas of getting immortality. . The king requested Sastha to marry his daughter Pushkala and he accepted that and he married her. Afterwards the king Pinchaka Varman of Cochin who went for hunting in the forest was attacked by devils and ghosts. It seems he prayed to Lord Sastha. Lord Sastha came and drove away the ghosts and devils. The king Pinchaka Varman it seems offered his daughter Poorna to lord Sastha, who married her also. When king Palinja varman knew about another marriage of Sastha , it is believed that he cursed Lord Sastha, that he would be born as a human being and would live as a Brahmachari.
. But there are differing opinions on this story. . According to Brahmanda Purana , Poorna was the sister of Upendra and got married to Lord Sastha on Chithra Pournami day. There is also a story that Poorna was the daughter of a king of Kanchipuram called Shivapala and it is believed that Lord Sastha got married to her in Kanchipuram temple. There is a temple for Lord Sastha along with Poorna and Pushkala in Kanchipuram In Aryankav it is believed that a group of Saurashtra weavers settled in Madurai were passing through the temple and at the time a girl with them called Pushkala (some say Prabhavathi) attained maturity.They entrusted the girl to the priest of Aryankav and went to do their trade. By the time they came back, it seems that girl got married to Sastha in that place. In memory of this even today the people of Saurashtra community visit the Aryankav temple and celebrate the marriage of their girl to Lord Sastha, following Saurasthra customs.
In Sankara Samhitha it has been told that Poorna and Pushkala were born from two eyes of a great sage called SAthyapoorna and they both did penance and got married to Lord Sastha.
In the Sastha kalyanam , it is assumed that Poorna and Pushkala were the consorts of Sastha and were the daughters of Palinja varman of Nepal and Pinjaka Varman of cochin.
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