Subramanya Bhujangam is a brilliant hymn of Adi Shankaracharya that extols ineffable supremacy of Muruga, son of Shiva, who is also famous as Kartik and Skanda. The story of composing Subramanya Bhujangam shows the unfathomable compassion that Muruga has for his devotees. Adi Shankaracharya had defeated many scholars who were following various different schools of thought. One such rival scholar grew jealous of Adi Shankara’s felicity in debates. He cast an evil spell on Adi Shankaracharya and this caused severe stomach pain to the acharya. Adi Shankara thought the stomach pain as prarabdha karma. He tried to avoid the pain of the body. But Muruga was not ready to ignore the severe pain that his devotee was going through. He therefore appears in the dream of Adi Shankaracharya and summons him to Tiruchendur Temple – the famous abode of Muruga in Tamil Nadu. Adi Sankara reaches Tiruchendur Temple through yoga marga. Here Muruga shows him the rarest of rarest vision – Muruga stand