Varaha Purana 140.71: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 71
The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters
स्वर्गे वा यदि वा भूमौ यं यं कामयते नरः ॥ तं तं प्राप्नोति वै कामं स्नातमात्रः शिलातले ॥
svarge vā yadi vā bhūmau yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate naraḥ || taṃ taṃ prāpnoti vai kāmaṃ snāta-mātraḥ śilā-tale ||
ไม่ว่าในสวรรค์หรือบนแผ่นดิน มนุษย์ปรารถนาสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง ย่อมได้สมดังปรารถนานั้นแน่นอน เพียงอาบน้ำบนผิวศิลานั้นเท่านั้น
Varāha
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic rhetoric of tīrtha efficacy, where concise ritual acts are linked to expansive benefits, shaping pilgrimage networks and local sacred economies.
The ‘stone-surface’ refers to the named Sarvakāmikā śilā situated north of the Kauśikī–Okā confluence described earlier.
The verse implicitly encourages respectful engagement with a designated heritage site through prescribed ritual conduct (snāna), presenting practice as a disciplined means toward human aims.
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