Once Indra was witnessing the dance performance of Apsaras. He was so involved in the dance that he didn't even see Brihaspathi, the guru of all the Devas, come there. This made the guru little angry. However, he waited till the performance was over. Indra, then saw Guru there in his court. He didn't budge from his throne or ask for forgiveness.
This infuriated the Guru so much that he said that he wouldn't stay in the court or meet Indra and went away. All the knowledge that Indra had disappeared in an instance, so did the brilliance of his court. Not knowing what to do, he went to meet Brahma for his advice. Indra still didn't repent for what he did. He just wanted to have a replacement of Guru.
Brahma wanted to teach him a lesson. He advised Indra to ask Vishvaroopa, who was son of Daksha prajapathi, to be the Guru. Brahma also warned him to be careful as Vishvaroopa was son-in-law of Asuras. With the thought that there was no other person who could suit the position well Indra accepted the idea readily. He asked Vishvaroopa to be his Guru.
Vishvaroopa accepted this and began doing many japas and yagnas. He was secretly giving the avirbhaga to Asuras. This was making the asuras more powerful. When Indra came to know this truth, he cut off the head of Vishvaroopa. This caused Brahmahathi dhosham. A black demon started following Indra everywhere that he went. It was threatening Indra continuously. This caused terrific mental agony for Indra.
Meanwhile, Dhaksha prajapathi, heard the news that his son was beheaded by Indra. So, he began to do yagna, from which came a rakshasha. This also started to follow Indra wherever he followed and went on giving trouble to him.
With both the demons following Indra didn't know what to do. So, he took the form of a bee and went inside the stem of Lotus plant. For the first time he realized his mistake of not respecting Guru. He started to meditate upon Brihaspathi. After many years Brihaspathi appeared before him and advised him to visit many Kshethrams on earth. On the way he would get rid of the demons.
Thus Indra started his journey. When he reached kadambavanam, present day Madurai, the demons disappeared. As per the advise of Brihaspathi, he raised a temple for the Shivalinga that he found there, with the help of Vishwakarma.
This sport of Sokkanatha to help Indra get rid of the demons is the first thiruvilayadal among the 64 leelas, that the lord performed in Madurai.
We learn from this the importance of respecting and treating Guru with utmost importance.
Om Sri Gurave Namaha !!
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