Divya Desam #107 ยท Celestial
Thiruparkadal (Sheerasagaram / Ksheerabdi)
The Ocean of Milk (Ksheera Sagara), where Lord Vishnu โ here worshipped as Sheeraapthi Naathan โ reclines on the serpent Adishesha, facing south, with His consorts Kadalmagal Naachiyaar (Sridevi) and Sri Boodevi (Bhudevi). This is not an earthly location and has no address, coordinates, darshan hours, or travel directions: tradition holds that the Lord gives darshan here to those who have visited and worshipped Him at all 106 physical Divya Desams. It is glorified in 51 verses across nine Alvars in the Divya Prabandham (Perialwar 5, Aandaal 3, Kulasekaralwar 2, Thirumazhisaialwar 14, Thondaradipodialwar 1, Thirumangaialwar 10, Poigaialwar 1, Boodathalwar 2, Peyalwar 4, Nammalwar 12). See the Beyond Earth section for related cosmology entries.
Sources for this classification
- scripture: Nalayira Divya Prabandham โ 51 verses across nine Alvars (see celestial_note for the per-Alvar breakdown)
- historical record: Verse/Alvar counts cross-checked against the Indian Heritage temple documentation project's Divya Desam summary pages.
For review
- Per-Alvar verse counts (e.g., 'Thirumazhisaialwar 14') are taken from a single secondary source (indian-heritage.org) and were not cross-verified against a second independent source; worth confirming against a direct Divya Prabandham verse index before treating as fully verified.