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Sri Varaaha Moorthy: Ahobila Matam
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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