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Varaha Purana 113.12: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 12

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातपाः ॥ कोकामुखे मम क्षेत्रं जपन्तो ब्रह्मवादिनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.12

tato mahī-vacaḥ śrutvā brahma-putro mahā-tapāḥ || kokā-mukhe mama kṣetraṃ japanto brahma-vādinaḥ

তাৰ পাছত মহী (পৃথিৱী)ৰ বাক্য শুনি, ব্ৰহ্মাৰ পুত্ৰ সেই মহাতপা—কোকামুখত, মোৰ পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত, জপ কৰা ব্ৰহ্মবাদী ঋষিসকলৰ (কথা ক’লে)।

ततःthen
ततः:
सम्बन्ध (Temporal adverb/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb of sequence)
मही-वचःthe words of the Earth (goddess)
मही-वचः:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक) + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मह्याः वचः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/त्वा), अव्ययभाव
ब्रह्म-पुत्रःBrahmā’s son
ब्रह्म-पुत्रः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
महा-तपाःof great austerity
महा-तपाः:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (महत्तपाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कोका-मुखेat Kokā-mukha (a place)
कोका-मुखे:
अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकोका (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-भाव: कोकायाः मुखम्/कोकामुखम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (स्थानवाचक)
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप
क्षेत्रम्sacred field/holy place
क्षेत्रम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
जपन्तःchanting
जपन्तः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
ब्रह्म-वादिनःspeakers of Brahman / Vedic disputants
ब्रह्म-वादिनः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्म वदन्ति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Unspecified narrator (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame); referenced figure: Sanatkumāra (Brahmā’s son) implied by context

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
P
Pilgrimage Studies
P
Purāṇic Genealogies

FAQs

It preserves a memory of localized sacred geography (kṣetra) connected to itinerant or resident ascetic communities, a common Purāṇic method of mapping religious and cultural landscapes.

Kokāmukha is named as a kṣetra; precise modern identification is uncertain without additional manuscript context and regional toponymic study.

The verse foregrounds disciplined recitation (japa) and learned discourse (brahma-vāda) as valued practices within sacred space.

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