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8) Saras-Swamy-taDee-jushE SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who delights in
sporting
on the banks of Swamy PushkaraNi (with His
divine consort ,
Padmaavathi ) !
Swamy PushkaraNi was brought to Thirumala by
Garudan
from SrI Vaikuntam for the sport of Lord
VenkatEsa.Garudan
placed Swamy PushkaraNi right next to
the Lord's temple.
Swamy PushkaraNi is a sacred theerttham , where
the devotees of
Lord VenkatEsa cleanse themselves before entering
the Lord's
temple.
Lord Varahar has His temple on the western bank of
Swamy PushkaraNi and Lord VenkatEsa has His
aalayam on its southern bank .
Special festivals take place at Swamy
PushkaraNi :
(1) TheppOtthsavam or the wodden float festival
during
the month of February/March (2) avabrutha SnAnam
at
the end of BrahmOthsavam in September and (3)
MukkOti
Uthsavam (Marghazhi DwAdasi) symbolizing the
merging of
three crores of sacred theertthams with
Swamy PushkaraNi
waters.On that day , bathing in Swamy
PushkaraNi is considered
equivalent to immersing in the Sacred river ,
GangA , which took
its birth from the holy foot of Thrivikraman
.
There are several interpetations of the term,
"Swami Pushkarini".
This is the "Swami" for all the
Pushkarinis in the world, the undisputed leader of all
holy waters. It is said that on the Shukla Paksha
Dvaadasi day of Maargaseersha month,
all the sacred waters in Bharata Varsha seek out a
confluence in this Pushkarini
to purify themselves from the sins contracted from
mahaa paapis.
Secondly, according to the Varaha purana, this
pushkarini eliminates the dependence
or shackles of those who bathe in it and confers
"Swaamitvam" or liberation and independence,
material as well as spiritual, on them.
Thirdly,this is the Pushakrini of the jagat Swami
Srinivasa, who is the undisputed
Master of all the worlds.
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