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
tato mahī-vacaḥ śrutvā brahma-putro mahā-tapāḥ || kokā-mukhe mama kṣetraṃ japanto brahma-vādinaḥ
जब ब्रह्मा पुत्र ने पृथ्वी की बात सुनी, वो बड़े तपस्वी थे। उन्होंने बताया कि कोकामुख में रिशि रहते हैं। वो वहाँ जाप करते हैं, यह मेरा स्थान है।
Unspecified narrator (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame); referenced figure: Sanatkumāra (Brahmā’s son) implied by context
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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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