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vibhava, arcA, antaryAmi). The "crossing over" can also refer to crossing over
the ocean of samsAra, the crossing over of all sins, etc.
nammAzhvAr''s tiruvAimozhi pASuram 7. 10. 1 captures the full significance of
the word "tIrtham":
tIrthanukkaRRa pin maRROr SaraN illai enRu eNNi, tIrthanuukE
tIrtta manattanan Agi, Sezhum kurugUr SaThakOpan Sonna
tIrtha'ngaL AyirattuL ivai pattum vallArgaLai, dEvar vaikal
tIrtha'ngaLe enRu pUSittu nalgi uraippar tam dEviyarkkE
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(tiruvAi. 7. 10. 11)
The reference to "tIrthan" in the first line is to perumAL; the "tIrtham" in
the 3rd line refers to nammAzhvAr's pASuram-s which are purifying to those
who chant them, and are even more purifying than Him ; the reference to
tIrtham in the 4th line is to those who have learned the purifying pASuram-s,
who are even more pure than the pASurams themselves (SrI V. N. vedAnta
deSikan from ARAyirap paDi). Thus, tIrtham here refers to the three levels -
perumAL, the sacred AzhvAr's pASurams, and the devotees who chant them.
bhUtattAzhvAr also refers to those who sing His praise as "tIrtha-kara-s" -
eN tiSaiyum pErtta karam nAngu uDaiyAn pEr Odip pediagAL - tIrtha karar
Amin tirindu (iraNDAm tiruvantAdi - 14). - reference from SrI v.v.
rAmAnujan.
The term karah is used in two ways by the vyAkhyAna kartA-s: The Doer, from
the dhAtu kR - karaNe - to do; or to refer to karah - hand.
Thus, tIrtha-karah means tIrtham karoti iti tIrtha-karah - He Who creates
the tIrtha-s is tirtha-karah (SrI satyadevo vAsishTha), or He Who creates
the SAstra-s etc. that purify the person who resorts to them, or He has the
divine hands whose touch purify the devotee - tIrthah tArakah karo yasya iti
tIrtha karah (SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj).
a) SrI BhaTTar gives three interpretations:
1) He has this nAma because He is the source of the holy rivers such as the
ganges, and the holy lakes such as the pushkara, which purify those that