Varaha Purana 140.4: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

तव कोकामुखं नाम यन्मया पूर्वभाषितम्॥ बदरीति च विख्यातं गिरिराजशिलातलम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.4

Transliteration

tava kokāmukhaṁ nāma yan mayā pūrvabhāṣitam || badarīti ca vikhyātaṁ girirājaśilātalam

Translation

สถานที่ซึ่งมีนามว่า โกกามุขะ ที่เราได้กล่าวไว้ก่อนนั้น ก็เป็นที่รู้จักกันว่า พทรี (Badarī) ด้วย เป็นพื้นศิลา ณ ภูเขาราชาแห่งขุนเขา

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Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; pronoun

• कोकामुखम्: (place called) Kokāmukha
• कोकामुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोका-मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कोकायाः मुखम् / 'Kokā-mukha' (proper name)

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; also used quasi-indeclinably as 'named'

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to कोकामुखम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; pronoun

• पूर्व: formerly/previously
• पूर्व: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• भाषितम्: spoken/mentioned
• भाषितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भाष्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बदरी: Badarī
• बदरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; proper name

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विख्यातम्: renowned/known as
• विख्यातम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: वि-ख्या-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicative to गिरिराजशिलातलम्

• गिरिराज: king of mountains
• गिरिराज: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि-राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गिरिणां राजा

• शिलातलम्: rocky ground/surface
• शिलातलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: शिलायाः तलम्; with prior member gives larger compound

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Māhātmya
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a toponymic equivalence (Kokāmukha = Badarī), useful for tracing how sacred sites are renamed or linked across textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kokāmukha, also called Badarī, described as a rocky area associated with a mountainous setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it promotes remembering and transmitting place-identities accurately—an archival ethic of naming and continuity.