Varaha Purana 140.52 — Adhyaya 140, Shloka 52
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकऱात्रोषितो नरः॥ न स गच्छति दुर्गाणि यमस्य व्यसनं महत्॥
yastatra kurute snānam ekarātroṣito naraḥ || na sa gacchati durgāṇi yamasya vyasanaṃ mahat
Sesiapa yang bermalam satu malam lalu mandi di sana, dia tidak akan melalui jalan-jalan sukar—yakni penderitaan besar yang berkaitan dengan Yama.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"hopeful, seeking protection from Yama-related suffering for beings","key_question":"What practice at Yamavyasanaka prevents the soul from entering Yama’s difficult passages and great affliction?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"Yamavyasanaka tīrtha (bathing spot)","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"narakas","instruction_summary":"Bathing at Yamavyasanaka after a one-night stay protects one from Yama’s ‘durgāṇi’—the hard passages and great affliction associated with death-judgment.","karmic_consequence":"Observance averts Yama-related suffering/obstacles; non-observance leaves one subject to those difficult post-mortem passages."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Ekarātra-tīrtha-vāsa at Yamavyasanaka","tithi_month":"Not specified (site-based, one-night observance)","promised_fruit":"Avoidance of Yama’s difficult passages and the ‘great affliction’ (post-mortem suffering/obstruction)."}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethico-ritual protection doctrine","core_concept":"Ritual purity and disciplined observance at a divinely favored tīrtha can mitigate fear of death and post-mortem suffering, when aligned with dharma.","practical_application":"Undertake regulated tīrtha practice (stay + bath) with ethical living; use the rite to cultivate fearlessness and responsibility rather than complacency."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka (as averted)
Type: protective tīrtha (rakṣā-kṣetra)
Related Themes: 140.56.0; 140.54.0; 140.55.0
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A pilgrim bathes at the hidden Yamavyasanaka after a single night’s stay; the threatening ‘durgāṇi of Yama’ are shown receding or barred by sacred power.","item_prompts":["secluded bathing pool/stream","night-stay symbol (small lamp, bedroll, hut)","Varāha’s protective aura","shadowy Yama-path imagery in background (dark gate/road) being dissolved by light","purifying water splash motif"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic contrast—dark Yama-gate motif at edge, bright sacred stream center, Varāha’s protective presence, devotee bathing; stylized flames/lamps for the one-night stay.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf aura around Varāha and the tīrtha, devotee at water, Yama’s dark passage minimized at border, ornate protective framing.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: balanced composition with subtle ominous background, clear river detail, Varāha as guardian, devotee’s calm confidence.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative split—quiet hidden stream in foreground, distant dark winding path symbolizing Yama’s durgāṇi, light from the tīrtha pushing it away."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"protective, serious, reassuring","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, cautionary, consoling"}
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic texts encode moral pedagogy through post-mortem imagery (Yama), linking ethical practice with culturally intelligible consequences.
The verse refers to the previously mentioned Yamavyasanaka-linked site within the Kauśikī tīrtha sequence, but does not restate the name here.
The instruction emphasizes disciplined observance (a night’s stay plus bathing) as a model of intentional practice and self-restraint.
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