The Eightfold Way To Gain The Grace Of Lord Venkateswara As In The Skanda Purana

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Tirupati is generally thronged by people to worship Lord Venkateswara. But how many of us know the way to worship him appropriately?

Let us explore the eightfold approach to gain the grace of Lord Venkateswara as prescribed by Sage Suta in the Skanda Purana and the benefits of worshipping Lord Venkateswara Swamy.

How to gain the blessings of Lord Venkateswara the eightfold way?

Sage Suta has laid down the eightfold way to gain the grace of Lord Venkateswara.

1. To show and ensure Sneha Bhava (the feeling of friendliness) towards his devotees.
2. To serve the Bhagavat Bhaktas (his devotees) to their satisfaction.
3. To perform puja and worship Lord Venkateswara with sincerity
4. All the actions of the oneself are to be directed towards Bhagavan (Lord Venkateswara)
5. To bring about devotion and love in the eyes and other sense organs of one towards Lord Venkateswara.
6. To hear and contemplate about the Lord's glories and give importance to whatever was said, described, sung or taught about Him.
7. To have the name of Srinivasa (another name of Lord Venkateswara) on one's lips, thoughts and heart always.
8. To dedicate oneself to Lord Venkateswara to seek absolute refuge in Him.

Benefits of following the eightfold way in the worship of Lord Venkateswara

Those who even have a glimpse of Lord Venkateswara have an awe inspiring experience that leads to the satisfaction of gaining a lasting familiarity and closeness to Him. Those who think of Lord Venkateswara even out of sheer curiosity, greed, love for material wealth etc get transformed with a new outlook towards life and morality.

Hence, needless to mention about those devotees who follow the eightfold approach in worshipping him. One's sins are burnt to ashes when one takes refuge in Lord Venkateswara. Human birth, which is difficult to secure, is well spent if one takes refuge in the supreme power, which is unknown, everlasting, all pervading, endless, unborn and never spent out, which is Lord Venkateswara.

Significance of worshipping Lord Venkateswara as extolled in the Skanda Purana

• Those who wish for everlasting happiness and the kingdom of heaven, let them at least once bow down to the Lord residing on Venkatadri.
• Whatever sins committed in the course of crores of births, all of them will be destroyed by visiting Lord Venkateswara.
• Anyone who remembers Lord Venkateswara, the great Lord, even owing to his association with other people, or out of curiosity, or due to avariciousness or fear shall not be miserable anymore
• One who glorifies and worships the Lord of Devas on Veṅkaṭācala (Lord Venkateswara) shall certainly attain Sārūpya with Lord Vishnu undoubtedly.
• A visit to Lord Venkateswara destroys all sins just as the fire that is stoked well reduces firewood to ash in a moment.

Let's thus worship Lord Venkateswara and gain his blessings.