Varaha Purana 140.58: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 58
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
जायते शक्रलोके तु मम कर्मानुसारकः ॥ शरीरचक्रसङ्घाते वज्रहस्तस्वरूपकः ॥
jāyate śakraloke tu mama karmānusārakaḥ || śarīracakrasaṅghāte vajrahastasvarūpakaḥ ||
Dia benar-benar lahir di alam Śakra menurut titah-Ku. Dalam himpunan daya dan indria jasmani, dia mengambil rupa yang dikenali sebagai ‘Vajra-bertangan’, yakni pemegang vajra.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Karmānusāra (according to ordained karma), the jīva is born in Śakra’s world and assumes an Indra-like ‘vajra-handed’ status among embodied faculties.","karmic_consequence":"Meritorious karma aligned with the Lord’s ordinance yields birth in Svarga/Śakraloka with Indra-like power; contrary karma implies other births (unstated here)."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-phala and divine governance","core_concept":"Birth and status follow karma under īśvara-niyati (the Lord’s ordinance), even in higher worlds.","practical_application":"Cultivate dharmic action and devotion with awareness that results unfold lawfully; do not mistake heavenly power for final liberation."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 140.65-66 (progression beyond Śakraloka to the Lord’s loka)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A cosmic tableau of Śakraloka where a soul, by the Lord’s ordinance, takes on an Indra-like vajra-handed form amid a schematic ‘wheel’ of bodily faculties.","item_prompts":["Indra’s heaven (Amarāvatī)","vajra in hand","radiant deva-like body","subtle ‘chakra’ motif suggesting faculties","Varāha as unseen cosmic governor (aura or emblem)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: luminous Svarga court, stylized clouds and lotuses, deva figure holding vajra; subtle Viṣṇu/Varāha emblem indicating divine ordinance.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central vajra-handed deva with heavy gold-leaf ornaments, haloed celestial architecture, embossed motifs of chakra/faculties.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined linework, soft gradients, deva with vajra and serene expression, symbolic wheel behind.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: delicate hillside-cloud Svarga, lyrical composition, small Varāha emblem in the sky signifying niyati."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn-cosmic","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"measured, authoritative"}
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic cosmology linking ritual action and post-mortem destination, a common didactic pattern in pilgrimage-fruit catalogues.
No terrestrial place-name is specified here; the locus is Śakraloka, a cosmological realm associated with Indra.
Human outcomes are depicted as structured by karmic conformity to a prescribed discipline (karmānusāra).
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