Thread by @bhargavasarma

#MUKKOTIDWADASI 03.01.2023

#SwamiPushkarini @ #Tirumala kshetra.

The lake on the banks of which #ParamaATma #SrinivaAsa resides that lake is Paavana-Punya Theertha.

To reside on the banks of such lake only virtuous (PunyaAtma) will get;

(Sanaka Rushi vachana - Padma Puranaantargata Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya - Swami Pushkarini Mahatmya)

According to BraHma Purana-anthargatha Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya there are 66 crore sacred Theerthas on VenkataAdri the sacred abode of Lord Venkateswara.

Out of which,

1008 are prominent,
out of which 108 are considered as JnyaAna pradaayini,

out of which.. +

68 are capable of bestowing Bhakti/Vairagya,

out of which

7 are Mukti pradayni and

out of which

ONE is highly meritorious ie.
#SWAMIPUSHKARINI Theertha.

Swami Pushkarini smarana while getting up from the bed is Punyadayaka [BhaAradhwaja Muni vachana]... +

According to #VarahaPurana, #Dasaratha Maharaja as per directions of #Vasishta Rushi visited #Venkatachala Kshethra in his quest for Puthra bhaAgya and performed austerities at the holy #SwamiPushkarini Theertha. ++

It is also said that Bhagawanta #SriRamachandra also visited and took bath in the sacred waters of #SwamiPushkarini.

One can imagine the holiness of #SwamiPushkarini at #Tirumala Kshethra on the banks of which Lord #SriniVaasa is delightedly stationed since time immemorial...+

SwaAmiPusHkaraNitheErey RaMayaA SaHa ModatHey
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Taking bath in #SwamiPushkarini @ sacred #Tirumala Kshethra on the day of #MukkotiDwaadasi during #Arunodaya kaala is considered highly meritorious equivalent to taking bath in all the 3½ Cr sacred theerthas of #Bhoomandala.

According to Brahma Purana-anthargata Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya, Swami Pushkarini @ Tirumala Kshethra is manifestation of the Holy River Saraswathi who did severe penance & got a boon from Lord Vishnu and positioned there @ Tirumala as per directions of the supreme God SriHari.+

As per the boon, Lord Vishnu accorded Swami Pushkarini the status of #Sreshtattva (superiorirty) among all the Theerthas (Pushkarinis’).

According to Brahma Puraana-anthargatha Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya, as per the command given by Lord Vishnu, ++

3 ½ Crore sacred Theerthas in the entire Bhoomandala will enter Swami Pushkarini at Tirumala Kshethra on the day of Mukkoti Dwaadasi to get purified.

With this anecdote, taking bath in Swami Pushkarini on the day of Mukkoti Dwaadasi during Arunodaya kaala is considered
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highly meritorious and equivalent to taking bath in all the 3½ Cr sacred theerthas.

This day is revered as Sri Swami Pushkarini Theertha Koti in the calendar of Tirumala temple.

Sri Krushnaarpanamasthu
Hari Sarvottama - Vaayu Jeevottama
Sri Gururaajo Vijayate
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