Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry
Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue
ततो महीवचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातपाः ॥ कोकामुखे मम क्षेत्रं जपन्तो ब्रह्मवादिनः
tato mahī-vacaḥ śrutvā brahma-putro mahā-tapāḥ || kokā-mukhe mama kṣetraṃ japanto brahma-vādinaḥ
Então, tendo ouvido as palavras de Mahī (a Terra), o grande asceta —filho de Brahmā— falou dos sábios que proclamam o Brahman e recitam japa em Kokāmukha, meu lugar sagrado.
Unspecified narrator (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame); referenced figure: Sanatkumāra (Brahmā’s son) implied by context
It preserves a memory of localized sacred geography (kṣetra) connected to itinerant or resident ascetic communities, a common Purāṇic method of mapping religious and cultural landscapes.
Kokāmukha is named as a kṣetra; precise modern identification is uncertain without additional manuscript context and regional toponymic study.
The verse foregrounds disciplined recitation (japa) and learned discourse (brahma-vāda) as valued practices within sacred space.
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