Varaha Purana 140.70 — Adhyaya 140, Shloka 70
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
तत्र यः कुरुते स्नानमहो रात्रोषितो नरः ॥ विस्तीर्णे जायते वंशे जातिं स्मरति चात्मनः ॥
tatra yaḥ kurute snānam aho-rātroṣito naraḥ || vistīrṇe jāyate vaṃśe jātiṃ smarati cātmanaḥ ||
তাত যি নৰ স্নান কৰে আৰু এটা দিন-ৰাতি অৱস্থান কৰে, সি বিস্তৃত বংশত জন্ম লাভ কৰে আৰু নিজৰ জন্ম (পূৰ্ব-উৎপত্তি) স্মৰণ কৰে।
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue","earth_interaction":"Varāha teaches the phala of snāna and rātri-vasā (day-night stay) at the tīrtha."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"hopeful, seeking benefits for beings","key_question":"What specific fruits arise from bathing and observing a full day-night stay at this sacred place?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Perform snāna at the tīrtha and observe ahorātra-vāsa (a day-and-night stay) to gain lineage-expansion and memory of one’s own birth/origin.","karmic_consequence":"Observance yields vṛddhi of vaṃśa and jāti-smṛti; omission forfeits these special tīrtha-fruits."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ahorātra-vāsa with tīrtha-snāna (tīrtha-niyama)","tithi_month":"Any auspicious time while visiting the tīrtha (not tithi-specified here)","promised_fruit":"Vaṃśa-vistāra (prosperity/continuity of lineage) and jāti-smṛti (recollection of one’s origin/previous birth)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Ahorātra (day-night) frames totality of time; staying through both symbolizes integrating dualities, enabling ‘smṛti’ (deep recollection) and continuity (vaṃśa).","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Day/night as ritual cycle; snāna as purification akin to dīkṣā; memory-awakening parallels ‘smṛti’ as inner Veda.","vedantic_connection":"Smṛti as removal of avidyā’s veiling at a sattva-enhancing locus; lineage-expansion as dharmic prosperity (abhyudaya) supporting mokṣa-oriented life."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ritual efficacy and inner transformation","core_concept":"External purification and disciplined time-observance can catalyze inner clarity, even to the point of origin-memory.","practical_application":"When undertaking pilgrimage, add restraint (stay, vigil, purity) rather than a hurried dip; cultivate recollection and ethical resolve."}
Subject Matter: ["Ritual Practice","Ethics","Cultural Heritage","Memory Traditions"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: tīrtha (bathing-place)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: immediate surrounding verses on Sarvakāmikā-śilā and snāna-phala
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Pilgrim bathing at the confluence and remaining through sunset and sunrise; a subtle aura of remembrance awakening.","item_prompts":["bather at river-edge","night camp with small lamp","sunrise over confluence","family/lineage motif (ancestors in faint silhouette)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: split panel day/night over the same river; devotee in simple white; faint ancestral forms in stylized clouds.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold sun and moon framing the scene; devotee bathing; embossed lineage-tree motif behind.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: realistic twilight-to-dawn gradient; quiet camp; gentle spiritual glow around the pilgrim.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical night sky with moon, then dawn; small figure by river; delicate ancestor-vision in mist."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional, wonder-tinged","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"warm, persuasive, slightly hushed on ‘jātiṃ smarati’"}
FAQs
It reflects institutionalized pilgrimage observances (overnight stay, aho-rātra) and their promised results, offering evidence for how tīrtha practices were narrated and incentivized.
The location is the previously mentioned confluence area and associated stone (Sarvakāmikā śilā) in the Kaushikī–Okā context.
The instruction emphasizes sustained observance (not merely momentary contact) and disciplined presence at a heritage landscape as part of a broader moral-ritual regimen.
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