Varaha Purana 218.24: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 24

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वियोनिगर्भमोक्षश्च कोकामुखप्रशंसनम् ॥ भगवच्छास्त्रकथने माहात्म्यं पुष्पगन्धयोः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.24

Transliteration

viyonigarbhamokṣaś ca kokāmukhapraśaṃsanam || bhagavacchāstrakathane māhātmyaṃ puṣpagandhayoḥ

Translation

इस ग्रंथ में यह बताया है कि कैसे गलत जनम से मुक्त मिलता है। कोकमुख की बड़ाई है यहाँ। भगवान की किताब के बारे में भी लिखा है। फूल और सुगंध की भी महत्व बताया गया है।

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Word by Word

• viyoni-garbha-mokṣaḥ: liberation from the womb of a non-human birth
• viyoni-garbha-mokṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Topic-heading (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoni (प्रातिपदिक) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viyoneḥ garbhasya mokṣaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• kokā-mukha-praśaṃsanam: praise of the face/mouth of Kokā
• kokā-mukha-praśaṃsanam: Karta (कर्ता) / Topic-heading (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kokā (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + praśaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kokāyāḥ mukhasya praśaṃsanam)

• bhagavat-śāstra-kathane: in the narration of the Lord’s scripture
• bhagavat-śāstra-kathane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhagavataḥ śāstrasya kathane)

• māhātmyam: greatness; glorification
• māhātmyam: Karta (कर्ता) / Topic-heading (विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• puṣpa-gandhayoḥ: of flowers and fragrance
• puṣpa-gandhayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन); समासः—द्वन्द्वः (puṣpaś ca gandhaś ca)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharmaśāstra Reception
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a topical register (viṣaya-sūcī), a common Purāṇic device that summarizes themes—ritual merit, sacred-place praise, and doctrinal exposition—rather than narrating a full episode.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kokāmukha is named as a site or sacred locus; its precise modern identification is uncertain without additional contextual verses, but it is presented as a place receiving praśaṃsā (formal commendation).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the valuation of śāstric discourse and ritual aesthetics (flowers/fragrance) as culturally meaningful practices within the text’s normative framework.