Varaha Purana 140.92: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 92
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
सूर्यलोकमतिग्रम्य मम लोकं तु गच्छति ॥ अस्ति धेनुवटं नाम गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम ॥
sūryalokam atikramya mama lokaṃ tu gacchati | asti dhenuvaṭaṃ nāma guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama ||
सूर्य के दुनिया से आगे जाके वो मेरे पास आता है। मेरा एक छुपा हुआ जगह है, धेनुवट नाम का, जो बहुत बड़ा है।
Varāha
None (declaration of fruit and revelation of a hidden kṣetra belonging to Varāha).
awed listener implied
Transcending Sūrya-loka signifies surpassing karmic time-measurement (sun as regulator of days) toward the Lord’s timeless realm; the ‘hidden’ kṣetra suggests the inward sacred field discovered through grace and purity.
Sun-world as a ritual-cosmic station; ‘going beyond’ echoes the sacrificer’s ascent beyond luminous worlds to the deity’s own abode—tīrtha as a terrestrial ‘uttaravedi’.
Movement from lower lokas to ‘mama loka’ mirrors the shift from vyāvahārika to pāramārthika orientation; the ‘guhya kṣetra’ aligns with the heart-space (hṛdaya-guha) motif where the Lord is realized.
True sacred practice culminates not merely in heavenly reward (solar realm) but in reaching the Lord’s own realm—suggesting a hierarchy of goals.
Aim beyond merit-seeking: orient pilgrimage, vows, and purity toward devotion and surrender that seek the Lord (not merely svarga-like worlds).
kṣetra (esoteric/specially protected sacred region)
140.140.1 (Kokāmukha supremacy); 140.140.2-3 (Viṣṇudhārā refuge; snāna and pañcarātra-vāsa as means)
FAQs
It juxtaposes cosmological mapping (lokas) with terrestrial place-making (kṣetra), a hallmark of Purāṇic strategies for linking geography and metaphysical aspiration.
Dhenuvaṭa is named as a ‘hidden’ kṣetra; identifying it with a modern location requires corroboration from regional traditions and comparative textual witnesses.
The verse frames disciplined engagement with sacred geography as connected to broader cosmological ideals, encouraging purposeful practice rather than mere travel.
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