Varaha Purana 140.94 — Adhyaya 140, Shloka 94
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
स्नानं कुर्वन्ति ये तत्र एकरात्रोषिता नराः ॥ भेदं किम्पुरुषं प्राप्य जायते नात्र संशयः ॥
snānaṃ kurvanti ye tatra ekarātroṣitā narāḥ | bhedaṃ kimpuruṣaṃ prāpya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
من اغتسل هناك بعد أن أقام ليلةً واحدة، نال حالَ «كِمْبُورُشَا»؛ ولا ريب في ذلك.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha continues instructing Bhū-devī about the fruit of bathing and a one-night stay at the site."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious, seeking clarity on fruits of tīrtha-sevā","key_question":"What specific result accrues from bathing and staying one night at this sacred place?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":true,"specific_site":"Unspecified tīrtha (later named in sequence as Daṃṣṭrāṅkura)","parikrama_context":"Explicit pilgrimage regimen: snāna + ekarātra-uṣita (one-night halt), a common parikramā/pilgrimage pattern of prescribed halts.","krishna_connection":"Indirect: Mathurā tīrtha-regimen anticipates later Kṛṣṇa-centered pilgrimage culture, though the stated fruit here is mythic-anthropological (Kimpuruṣa state)."}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"dana","instruction_summary":"Perform snāna at the tīrtha and observe a one-night stay as a meritorious discipline.","karmic_consequence":"Such observance yields an exalted non-human/semidivine status (kimpuruṣa-bhāva), presented as certain (na atra saṃśayaḥ)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekarātra-vāsa-snāna-niyama (tīrtha-vrata)","tithi_month":"Not specified; tied to presence at the tīrtha for one night","promised_fruit":"Attainment of kimpuruṣa-bheda/state (mythic elevated embodiment)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-phala-in-sacred-space","core_concept":"Place-sanctity amplifies small disciplines; regulated contact with tīrtha (snāna, vāsa) reshapes destiny.","practical_application":"When visiting sacred sites, adopt simple but complete niyamas (bathe, stay with restraint, maintain purity) rather than hurried darśana."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ritual Practice","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: bathing place (ghāṭa/kuṇḍa/river-tīrtha)
Related Themes: 140.140.5 (duṣkara-karman at the site); 140.140.7 (Daṃṣṭrāṅkura etymology/secret)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Pilgrims bathe at a sacred waterbody and set up a simple overnight camp; a subtle aura indicates the promised kimpuruṣa transformation.","item_prompts":["river/kuṇḍa with steps","bathers with wet cloth","small lamps for night stay","simple shelter/trees","celestial/anthropomorphic kimpuruṣa hint (gentle, non-literal)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized water steps, rhythmic figures bathing; night scene with oil lamps; faint divine aura suggesting kimpuruṣa-phala.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate ghāṭa motif; gold highlights on water ripples and halos; pilgrims in devotional posture; symbolic kimpuruṣa emblem (banner/insignia).","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate ghāṭa architecture, calm water; narrative split—day bathing, night vigil; restrained supernatural suggestion.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical riverside with trees; small group of pilgrims; night sky with stars; gentle wonder tone."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"assuring, wondrous, devotional","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, confident, slightly uplifted"}
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic texts classify post-mortem or transformed states using mythic ethnographies (e.g., Kimpuruṣas) linked to ritual acts at specific sites.
The location is the previously described kṣetra (Kokāmukha/Dhenuvaṭa narrative zone), referenced here as ‘there’ (tatra).
It promotes disciplined observance (stay + bathing) as a culturally framed practice of self-cultivation.
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