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Appearance of Devi Padmavati to Akasaraja
(Skanda Purana - Venkatachala Mahatmya - 2)
• Devi Padmavati appearing to Akasaraja from sacrificial ground: After Akasaraja became the emperor, once he decided to perform a yagna. For this he was preparing the sacrificial ground on the bank of river Arani. While ploughing the ground with a golden plough and scattering the seeds, Devi Padmavati appeared as a small girl lying over a bed of lotuses. She was very beautiful and shone like gold. Akasaraja was filled with wonder and was overjoyed. He was then childless. He decided to adopt the girl as his daughter. An ethereal voice confirmed that the girl was indeed his daughter. As the girl was found on the bed of lotuses, she was named as Padmini.• Birth of a son to childless Akasaraja: As soon as Devi Padmavati appeared to Akasaraja, his wife conceived. She gave birth to a son who was to become the successor of the race. Akasaraja was filled with great joy and distributed lot of gifts to his subjects. He named the boy as Vasudana. As Vasudana grew up he was invested with sacred thread. He was taught both the Vedas as well as wielding of weapons. He was pure on one hand and extremely valourous on the other hand. Due to him the kingdom of his father became almost invincible.
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