Varaha Purana 140.76: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 76

The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

अथ संप्राप्य मुच्येत मत्स्यं गुह्यं परं मम ॥ मेरुशृङ्गं समुल्लङ्घ्य गम लोकं च गच्छति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.76

Transliteration

atha saṃprāpya mucyeta matsyaṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || meru-śṛṅgaṃ samullaṅghya gama lokaṃ ca gacchati ||

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം എന്റെ ഗുഹ്യമായ പരമ മത്സ്യത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ച് അവൻ മോചിതനാകുന്നു; മേരുശിഖരം അതിക്രമിച്ച് ‘ഗമ’ എന്ന ലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• संप्राप्य: having attained
• संप्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having attained’

• मुच्येत: would be released / should be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• मत्स्यम्: fish
• मत्स्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मत्स्यम्)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• मेरुशृङ्गम्: the peak of Meru
• मेरुशृङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक) + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समुल्लङ्घ्य: having crossed over
• समुल्लङ्घ्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-उद्-लङ्घ् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having crossed/leapt over’

• गम्: go
• गम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञा), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Puranic Cosmology
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines a localized ritual motif (Matsyaśilā) with transcendent cosmological ascent, demonstrating how Purāṇic texts connect place-based practice to universalized liberation narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

Meru is a mythic cosmographic reference; ‘Gama-loka’ is a named otherworldly realm within the text’s loka taxonomy rather than a terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

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.