the god who has a brilliant form like the lighting which could not be known by anybody.
god who has besmeared his form with the holy ash.
one who has the form as bright as gold;
for those who can say that Puḷḷirukkuvēlūr is the residence of that god there will be no sufferings.
Translation: V.M.Subramanya Aiyar–Courtesy: French Institute of Pondichery / EFEO (2006)