Varaha Purana 214.83: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 83
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
कामगं रथमारुह्य महेन्द्रः समरुद्गणः॥ आयातः शैलपृष्ठान्तमोजसा पूरयन्निव॥
kāmagaṁ rathamāruhya mahendraḥ samarudgaṇaḥ || āyātaḥ śailapṛṣṭhāntamojasā pūrayanniva
కామగామి రథమును అధిరోహించి మహేంద్రుడు (ఇంద్రుడు) మరుద్గణములతో కలిసి శైలశిఖరాంతమునకు వచ్చెను; తన ఓజస్సుతో ఆ ప్రాంతమంతటిని నింపుచున్నట్లు అనిపించెను।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor when unspecified)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethico-cosmological","core_concept":"Śakti (force/tejas) as a cosmic presence that ‘fills’ space; divine mobility as mastery over kāma/saṅkalpa (wish).","practical_application":"Cultivate saṅkalpa guided by dharma; direct personal ‘force’ (ojas/tejas) toward disciplined aims rather than impulse."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Mythic Travel","Sacred Landscape (mountain imagery)"]
Primary Rasa: vīra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: mythic mountain landscape
Related Themes: 214.214.4-7 (continuation: assembly of beings and subsequent namaskāra)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"majestic and kinetic","suggested_raga":"Śaṅkarābharaṇam (or Bilāval)","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"resonant, projecting forward motion and power"}
FAQs
It reflects classical Purāṇic depictions of divine mobility and aerial movement, indicating how sacred geography is narrated through mythic travel scenes.
A generic “mountain-top edge” (śaila-pṛṣṭhānta) is described; the specific pilgrimage geography is clarified in the surrounding Gokarṇa–Jaleśvara context.
The implied instruction is purposeful collective effort in pursuit of a higher goal—here, the group’s coordinated search for Śaṅkara.
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