Varaha Purana 126.4: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 4
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
Pūrva Bhāga · Kubjāmraka Māhātmya (Sacred Geography) — Question
धरण्युवाच ॥ यत्तत्कुब्जाम्रके देव भाषसे तदनन्तकम् ॥ न तत्राहं विजानामि पूर्वमुक्तं च यत्त्वया ॥
dharaṇy uvāca | yat tat kubjāmrake deva bhāṣase tad anantakam | na tatrāhaṃ vijānāmi pūrvam uktaṃ ca yat tvayā ||
dharaNyuvAcha || yattatkubjAmrake deva bhAShase tadanantakam || na tatrAhaM vijAnAmi pUrvamuktaM cha yattvayA
धरणी ने कहा, देवा, आप जो कुब्जाम्रक के बारे में बोल रहे हैं, वो बहुत लंबा है। मैं समझ नहीं पा रही हूँ जो आपने पहले बताया था।
Sandhi Notes
- dharaṇy uvāca → dharaṇī + uvāca
- yattatkubjāmrake → yat + tat + kubja-āmrake
- tatrāhaṃ → tatra + aham
- yत्त्वया → yat + tvayā
Pṛthivī/Dharaṇī
What is the hidden cause/remedy regarding the break in affection between spouses, and how does this sacred place heal it?
Taking refuge at Viṣṇu’s feet purifies hidden faults; dharma includes repairing bonds and restraining harmful impulses.
When conflict arises, seek truthful counsel, practice forgiveness and restraint, and undertake purificatory acts with sincere intent rather than blame.
The narrative reports an inquiry into a ‘secret’ marital rupture and simultaneously characterizes the place as purifying and connected to Viṣṇu’s feet—implying Varāha/Vişṇu as the sanctifying refuge.
Marital discord (prīti-viccheda) is treated as a ‘guhya’ ethical rupture; approaching a Viṣṇu-pāda-associated tīrtha is presented as purifying and remedial.
Seeking reconciliation through dharmic counsel and tīrtha-purification restores harmony and merit; persisting in betrayal/discord accrues pāpa and social-spiritual decline.
Moderate: ‘Viṣṇu’s feet’ in Mathurā-maṇḍala often anticipates Kṛṣṇa’s līlā-kṣetra sanctity, though not explicit.
Connects to the promised Kubjāmraka-māhātmya explaining puṇya/puṣṭi and likely the ‘secret’ narrative behind prīti-viccheda.
FAQs
It preserves the dialogic pedagogy of Purāṇic literature, where the inquirer requests clarification to structure the exposition of sacred geography.
Kubjāmraka is explicitly named as the focus of inquiry.
Intellectual humility and clarification-seeking are presented as appropriate scholarly virtues within instruction.
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