The Divine Revelation
Goddess Valli had her heart and soul dedicated to Lord Subramanya and would always pray with fervent devotion and love, to be with Him. The Lord was moved by the highest form of love expressed by the mountain princess, and so He planned to appease Her in person by creating the perfect situation after an enactment of His lila.
The mountain chief planned to develop a field for growing millets, and assigned Valli to take in-charge of protecting the field from birds and animals who might devour the crops. Lord Murugan saw this as an opportunity to meet the Goddess, and therefore He assumed the form of a handsome tribal hunter and appeared before her, as if he lost his way on chasing a deer during hunting. Valli did not recognize the stranger and promptly asked him to leave the place. The Hunter was about to leave and at that moment the chief was returning to the place bringing honey and fruits for Valli, the God in order to avoid being caught, turned himself into a tree. After the chief and his followers left the place, the God changed back into the hunter form and proposed his love to Valli.
The princess who had only the Mountain God in her heart, was infuriated at the proposal and lashed out at the hunter. (This form of Lord Muruga called the 'Veduvan Kolam' can be seen at the Lord Palaniapaar temple at Belukurichi). The chief and his followers were again returning to the place, so the hunter changed himself into an old man, without being noticed by Valli. When the chief on seeing the old man, requested him to stay with Valli till they return from the hunting.
The old man was hungry and asked Valli for food, and she gave Him a mixture of the millet flour and honey, but it made him thirsty and asked for water. She provided water from a nearby stream and the Lord jokingly remarked that she has satisfied his thirst and she can quench his thirst for a companion. The Goddess was angered again and started to leave the place, the Lord requsted assistance from His brother, Lord Ganesha to appear as a wild elephant at that time. On seeing the wild elephant, Srimati Valli was scared and ran back to the old man, pleading Him to save Her from the elephant. Lord Muruga proposes to save Her only if She agrees to marry Him. In the heat of the moment, she agrees and the Lord reveals His true form. It was then Valli realises that it was her beloved Lord, who was with her all the time.
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