Yathothkari Perumal Temple, Thiru Vekka

வேங்கடமும் விண்ணகரும் வெஃகாவும், அஃகாத பூங்கிடங்கில் நீள்கோவல் பொன்னகரும், - நான்கிடத்தும் நின்றான் இருந்தான் கிடந்தான் நடந்தானே, என்றால் கெடுமாம் இடர்.

vEngadamum viNNagarum vehkAvum, ahkAdha pUngidangil nIL kOval ponnagarum, - nAngidaththum ninRAn irundhAn kidandhAn nadandhAnE, enRAl kedumAm idar.

At Thiruvengadam (Tirupati), at Vinnagaram (Thiruvinnagar / Oppiliappan Koil), at Thiruvekka, and at the golden city of long Thirukkovalur with its never-fading flower-filled moats — in these four sacred places the Lord stood, sat, reclined and walked. If one only declares this (meditating on Him in these forms and shrines), all one's sorrow and suffering will be destroyed. The verse names வெஃகா (Thiruvekka) directly and is especially significant as it was composed by Poigai Alvar, whose own avatara sthalam is Thiru Vekka.

நாகத்தணைக் குடந்தை வெஃகா திருவெவ்வுள் நாகத்தணை அரங்கம் பேரன்பில் - நாகத் தணைப் பாற்கடல் கிடக்கும் ஆதி நெடுமால் அணைப்பார் கருத்தன் ஆவான்.

nAgaththaNaik kudandhai vehkAth thiruvevvuL nAgaththaNai arangam pEranbil - nAgath thaNaip pARkadal kidakkum Adhi nedumAl aNaippAr karuththan AvAn.

The ancient, supreme Lord (Adi Nedumal) reclines upon the serpent-bed (Adisesha) at Thirukkudandhai (Kumbakonam), at Thiruvekka, at Thiruvevvul (Thiruvallur), at Thiruvarangam (Srirangam), at Thirupper, at Thiruvanbil, and upon the serpent in the Ocean of Milk — and He does so in order to become the indweller in the hearts (the very thought) of those devotees who long to embrace and be united with Him. வெஃகா (Thiruvekka) is named in the very first line.

பொருப்பிடையே நின்றும் புனல்குளித்தும், ஐந்து நெருப்பிடையே நிற்கவும்நீர் வேண்டா - விருப்புடைய வெஃகாவே சேர்ந்தானை மெய்ம்மலர்தூய்க் கைதொழுதால், அஃகாவே தீவினைகள் ஆய்ந்து.

poruppidaiyE ninRum punalkuLiththum, aindhu neruppidaiyE niRkavum nIr vENdA - viruppudaiya veḵkAvE sErndhAnai meymmalardhUyk kaithozhudhAl, aḵkAvE thIvinaigaL Ayndhu.

You need not stand on mountain peaks, nor immerse yourself in cold waters, nor stand amid the five fires (the severe austerities / pancha-agni tapas). If you simply offer fresh, real (un-faded, sincerely meant) flowers and worship with folded hands the Lord who has lovingly taken His rest / reclined at the cherished shrine of Thiruvekka, then your evil karma (sins), examined and weighed, will utterly dwindle away and perish. The phrase 'வெஃகாவே சேர்ந்தானை' explicitly names Thiruvekka.

nAgaththaNaik kudandhai vehkAth thiruvevvuL / nAgaththaNai arangam pEranbil nAgath / thaNaip pARkadal kidakkum Adhi nedumAl / aNaippAr karuththan AvAn

Thirumazhisai Alvar names 'vehkA' (Thiru Vekka) among the abodes where the primordial, boundless Lord reclines on the serpent-couch — along with Thirukkudandhai, Thiruvevvul, Thiruvarangam, Thirupper, Thiruvanbil and the Milk-Ocean — to enter the hearts of devotees who long to embrace Him.