Varaha Purana 140.69 — Adhyaya 140, Shloka 69
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
अस्ति तत्र वरं स्थानं सङ्गमं कौशिकोकयोः ॥ सर्वकामिकेति विख्याता शिला तिष्ठति चोत्तरे ॥
asti tatra varaṃ sthānaṃ saṅgamaṃ kauśikokayoḥ || sarva-kāmiketi vikhyātā śilā tiṣṭhati cottare ||
ณ ที่นั้นมีสถานที่อันประเสริฐ คือสังฆมะแห่งเกาษิกีและโอกา; และทางทิศเหนือมีศิลาอันเลื่องชื่อว่า ‘สรวกามิกา’ ผู้บันดาลความปรารถนาทั้งปวง
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"dialogue","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"Varāha instructs Bhū on sacred geography, identifying a saṅgama and a wish-fulfilling śilā."}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious, attentive to tīrtha-details","key_question":"Which specific places (saṅgamas/śilās) are supremely meritorious and how are they located?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"Saṅgama signifies convergence of currents (guṇa/pravṛtti) into a single sacred channel; the ‘Sarvakāmikā’ stone symbolizes concentrated śakti of tīrtha—desire transmuted into dharma-aligned fulfillment.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Confluence as ‘yajña-srotas’ meeting-point; śilā as stable altar-like locus where merit ‘condenses’.","vedantic_connection":"Tīrtha as external support (ālambana) for inner saṅgama—mind’s gathering into ekāgratā; desires purified by sacred contact."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"sacred geography as sādhanā-support","core_concept":"Certain loci are ‘vara-sthāna’ where devotion and rite become especially efficacious.","practical_application":"Approach tīrthas with śraddhā, learn precise locations/markers, and perform rites with restraint rather than mere tourism."}
Subject Matter: ["Geography","Heritage Sites","Ritual Practice","Cultural Memory"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: river confluence and sacred stone-site
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: adjacent verses describing bathing-stay and śilā-phala at this site
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A luminous river confluence with two streams meeting; to the north a prominent stone shrine-like marker labeled Sarvakāmikā.","item_prompts":["two rivers merging (Kauśikī and Okā)","north-bank stone platform","pilgrims offering water/flowers","directional cue ‘uttara’"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized blue-green rivers meeting; Sarvakāmikā-śilā on a lotus-like pedestal; Varāha narrating at frame edge.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted śilā with embossed inscriptions; rivers as enamel-like bands; devotees with lamps.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: naturalistic confluence, soft light; stone with garlands; gentle devotional crowd.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: delicate landscape with winding rivers; small shrine-stone on northern bank; airy, poetic atmosphere."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"reverential, descriptive","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, guiding, storyteller-like"}
FAQs
It documents a micro-topography of pilgrimage: rivers, confluences, and named stones, which are key data points for reconstructing regional sacred landscapes in Purāṇic literature.
A confluence (saṅgama) of Kauśikī and Okā is named; modern identification is debated in scholarship and typically requires correlating Purāṇic hydronyms with regional river systems and later tīrtha manuals.
The verse frames the landscape as a locus for disciplined pilgrimage and remembrance, emphasizing the cultural practice of approaching nature-sites with ritual attentiveness.
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