Kunnutaiya and Tamarai start their pilgrimage. Soon they
find a she-boar sleeping on their path. Tamarai kicks it. In
response, it vows to bear a son whose future destiny will be to kill
the couple’s own twin boys-to-be!
After a time Kunnutaiya tires due to this very long journey.
He feels he cannot go on.
So Lord Vishnu, who has been watching their progress, appears
and offers to help the struggling couple.
Despite Vishnu’s help Kunnutaiya soon tires again. Tamarai
ends up having to carry him on her back.
Finally Vishnu realizes Kunnutaiya cannot go on. So he
gently takes the life-spirit from him.
Vishnu turns Kunnutaiya’s body to stone, as a way of
preserving and protecting it.
But Vishnu also separates out Kunnutaiya’s life-spirit. He
stores that in a special golden box for safe-keeping.
Now Kunnutaiya’s body has become a stone. He will safely
wait here, at the base of the staircase to Kailasa, for Tamarai’s
return.
Alone, Tamarai finally reaches Kailasa and enters Lord
Shiva’s Council Chambers where she begs the Lord for the gift of
children.
Having been promised her wish, Tamarai returns to where she
left her husband. Now Vishnu gives Kunnutaiya back his life.
The couple make their way back to the land of Ponnivala as
fast as their feet will carry them.
Now the couple thank the magical wasps that have protected
their palace and ask them to fly back home.
Once home, Tamarai gives out the magical water that Lord
Shiva gave her in a golden pot, drop by drop. This water causes all
the living creatures of Ponnivala to become fertile once more.
Kunnutaiya and Tamarai then supervise the repair and cleaning
their old palace. Now they begin to enjoy their new life there.
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