You should be reading the Periya Puranam and not all this stuff.
I won't be around in your next life to guide you.
The
Periya Puranam (
Tamil: பெரிய புராணம்), that is, the
great purana or epic, sometimes called
Tiruttontarpuranam ("Tiru-Thondar-Puranam", the Purana of the Holy Devotees), is a
Tamil poetic account depicting the legendary lives of the sixty-three
Nayanars, the canonical poets of Tamil
Shaivism. It was compiled during the 12th century by
Sekkizhar. It provides evidence of trade with West Asia
[1] The
Periya Puranam is part of the corpus of Shaiva canonical works.
Sekkizhar compiled and wrote the
Periya Puranam or the
Great Purana, (the life stories of the sixty-three
Shaiva Nayanars, poets of the God
Shiva) who composed the liturgical poems of the
Tirumurai, and was later himself canonised and the work became part of the sacred canon.
[2] Among all the hagiographic
Puranas in
Tamil, Sekkizhar's
Tiruttondar Puranam or
Periyapuranam, composed during the rule of Kullottonga Chola II (1133-1150) stands first.
[3]
Sekkizhar was a poet and the chief minister in the court of the
Chola King,
Kulothunga Chola II.
[4] Kullottonga Chola II, king Anabaya Chola, was a staunch devotee of Lord
Siva Natraja at
Chidambaram. He continued the reconstruction of the center of Tamil Saivism that was begun by his ancestors. However Kullottonga II was also enchanted by the
Jain courtly epic,
Jivaka Cintamani[4] an epic of erotic flavour (
sringara rasa[4]) whose hero, Jivaka, combines heroics and erotics to marry eight damsels and gain a kingdom. In the end he realises the transiency of possessions, renounces his kingship and finally attains Nirvana by prolonged austerity (
tapas).
[4]
In order to wean Kullonttonga Chola II from the heretical
Jivaka Cintamani, Sekkizhar undertook the task of writing the
Periyapuranam.
[2] His poetic abilities earned him the title ″Uthama Chola Pulavar″.
