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9. Kumaara kalpa sevyaaya nama:
 
Salutations to Srinivasa, who is worshipped by Skanda (Murugan) till the end of this Kalpam
 
To wash off the sin resulting from the killing of Taarakaasuraa, Skanda sought his father's advice
and was told by Shankara to have a cleansing dip in the Kumaara Teerttham on the Tirumala Hills
and to perform penance, constantly uttering the Venkatesa ashtaakshara mantram. Skanda complied
and undertood ascetic conduct and penance on the banks of the Kumaara Dhaaraa falls in Tirumala.
The Lord appeared before him in due course and granted him the boon of residing at the same place
till the end of this Kalpam and worshipping the Lord from proximity. This is what the Vaamana
Purana tells us.
 
Even before Subrahmanya undertook penance here, this teerttham was known as Kumaara Teerttham,
because an old man who had a holy dip in these waters was miraculously transformed into a youth,
a "Kumaara". 



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