Varaha Purana 140.76: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 76
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
अथ संप्राप्य मुच्येत मत्स्यं गुह्यं परं मम ॥ मेरुशृङ्गं समुल्लङ्घ्य गम लोकं च गच्छति ॥
atha saṃprāpya mucyeta matsyaṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || meru-śṛṅgaṃ samullaṅghya gama lokaṃ ca gacchati ||
फिर वो उस छुपे हुए मछली को पा ले, जो मेरे लिए सबसे बड़ी है, और मुक्त हो जाता है। वो मेरु के शिखर से आगे निकल जाता है और गम लोक में चला जाता है।
Varāha
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It combines a localized ritual motif (Matsyaśilā) with transcendent cosmological ascent, demonstrating how Purāṇic texts connect place-based practice to universalized liberation narratives.
Meru is a mythic cosmographic reference; ‘Gama-loka’ is a named otherworldly realm within the text’s loka taxonomy rather than a terrestrial location.
The verse frames liberation as the culmination of disciplined engagement with a designated sacred ecology and its prescribed rites, emphasizing practice, restraint, and reverent interaction with heritage landscapes.
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