Jnana Palam

[1] Presented by the sage Narada to Shiva, the jnana palam is regarded to have possessed the elixir of wisdom.

Shiva chose to present the divine fruit to one of his two sons, Murugan or Ganesha, and set forth a contest: The first one able to circle the world thrice would be awarded with the prize.

Ganesha, whose own mount was a mouse, interpreted the instruction metaphysically, and proclaimed his belief that the world, in fact, was embodied by his parents, Shiva and Parvati.

He renounced his grandeur and exalted position at Kailash, and retired to the hills of Palani as a hermit, where it became one of his six sacred abodes.

Popular etymology holds that the origin of the town "Palani" is a contraction of the Tamil form of this aforementioned statement, transliterated as "Paḻam nī", meaning, "Fruit, you".