In the Yuddha Kandam Sargam 120 these shlokas are by devas during the Agni pravesham of Sita Piratti. tatO vaishravaNO rAjA yamashca pitRbhiH saha| sahasrAkshashca deveshO varuNashca jalEshvaraH ||6.120.2|| SaDardhanyanaH shrImAn mahAdEvO vRSadhvajaH | kartA sarvasya lOkasya brahmA brahmAvidAM varaH ||6.120.3|| EtE sarvE samAgamya vimAnaiH sUryasaMnibhaiH | Agamya nagarIM laNkAmabhijagmushca rAghavam ||6.120.4|| Here Varuna is addressed as ‘varuNashca jalEshvara’ and Shiva is addressed as ‘shrImAn mahAdEvO vRSadhvaja’ by Valmiki and in Yuddha Kandam sarga 126 where Perumal shows the Setu to Piratti Etat kukshau samudrasya skandhAvAranivEshanam | atra pUrvaM mahAdEvaH prasAdamakarOtprabhuH ||6.126.19|| he says ‘mahAdEvaH prasAda’; here Varuna is addressed as Mahadeva as per the exponents of tradition like Govindarajar. There seems to be a contradiction between these two shlokas. Kindly clarify these.

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We do not see any contradiction with these shlokas. Govindarajar states Varuna is addressed as MahadevaH. The previous shloka states Shiva is also called MahadevaH.
The name MahadevaH has many meanings and even Perumal is eulogized as Mahadeva. Shrimad Ramayana states the Ranganatha Perumal worshipped by Lord Rama in their sanctum is also called Mahadeva. Mahadeva means mighty Lord.
The line “atra pUrvaM mahAdEvaH prasAdamakarOtprabhuH” states that Mahadeva has graced me refers to the help of Samudraraja or he may have referred Varunadeva because Shrimad Ramayana had never quoted Siva had graced them and no one had said so. The exponentiation clearly states Varuna is addressed as Mahadeva.

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