Varaha Purana 123.2: Adhyaya 123, Shloka 2
The Greatness of Fragrant Flowers and Leaves: Prabodhinī (Awakening) Observances and Seasonal Rites
धरण्युवाच॥ अहो प्रभावः कोकाया माहात्म्यं क्रोडरूपिणः॥ तिर्यग्योनिगतो वापि प्राप्तो यत्परमां गतिम्॥
dharaṇy uvāca || aho prabhāvaḥ kokāyā māhātmyaṃ kroḍarūpiṇaḥ || tiryagyonigato vāpi prāpto yat paramāṃ gatim
ധരണി പറഞ്ഞു—അഹോ! കോകയുടെ പ്രഭാവവും വരാഹരൂപധാരിയായ പ്രഭുവിന്റെ മാഹാത്മ്യവും എത്ര മഹത്തരം; കാരണം തിര്യക്-യോണിയിൽ പിറന്നവനും ഇതിലൂടെ പരമഗതി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
FAQs
It exemplifies the māhātmya genre’s expansive soteriology, extending salvific possibility beyond human social categories—an important feature in Purāṇic ethical imagination.
‘Kokā’ is referenced as a named sacred locus/theme, but the excerpt does not supply coordinates or an unambiguous modern correlate.
Moral and ritual efficacy is portrayed as accessible even to marginalized states of existence (tiryag-yoni), emphasizing inclusivity of spiritual aspiration within the narrative logic.
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