Varaha Purana 140.46: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 46
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
Uttara Bhāga (probable) · Tīrtha-māhātmya / Sacred Geography (Pāpamocana; post-mortem destination)
अग्निवर्णस्ततो भूत्वा मम लोकं स गच्छति॥ पापप्रमोचनं नाम गुह्यमस्मिन्परं मम
agnivarṇas tato bhūtvā mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || pāpapramocanaṃ nāma guhyam asmin paraṃ mama
agnivarNastato bhUtvA mama lokaM sa gachChati|| pApapramochanaM nAma guhyamasminparaM mama
फिर वो अग्नि की तरह चमकने लगता है और मेरे पास आता है। मेरा एक और गुप्त स्थान है, पापमोचन नाम का। यह पाप मिटाने वाली जगह है।
Sandhi Notes
- अग्निवर्णस्ततो→अग्नि-वर्णः ततः
- गुह्यमस्मिन्परं→गुह्यम् अस्मिन् परम्
Varāha
Relieved; hopeful about sin-removal means
Which specific tīrtha removes sin and what is the ultimate post-mortem/after-merit destination?
Sin is not merely 'forgiven' but transmuted through disciplined sacred contact, yielding inner luminosity and higher destiny.
Adopt repentance + purification practices (snāna, restraint, devotion) with the aim of character transformation, not only fear-based expiation.
Declares salvific transformation (agni-varṇa radiance) and sālokya to 'my world', then reveals another secret place of his: Pāpamocana.
Agni-varṇa radiance signifies inner purification—pāpa burned away like fuel; Varāha’s loka represents stable ground after the 'earth-lifting' avatāra: the soul is lifted from moral mire to divine station.
Purification as yajña-fire consuming impurities; the tīrtha functions like a consecrated altar where the bather becomes 'huta' (offered) into purity.
Pāpa-kṣaya as citta-śuddhi enabling higher realization; radiance as sāttvika transformation preceding proximity to the Lord.
Engaging with the guhyatīrtha 'Pāpamocana' leads to pāpa-pramocana and culminates in reaching Varāha’s loka with radiant transformation.
Following the tīrtha discipline yields sin-removal and divine-world attainment; persistence in pāpa implied to obstruct radiance and higher gati.
Pāpa-pramocana (removal of sin) and sālokya in Varāha’s world with agni-like brilliance.
Varāha Purāṇa 140.52 (single thick stream and day-night stay for bath at this site)
FAQs
It preserves a named tīrtha (Pāpamocana) and a standard Purāṇic soteriological trope (radiant transformation), supporting indexing of place-names and motifs.
A sacred site named Pāpamocana, described as ‘guhya’ (secret) and ‘para’ (supreme); the excerpt does not provide a modern identification.
Moral purification is framed as an intended outcome of disciplined engagement with a sacred landscape (tīrtha), expressed in culturally normative terms.
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