The outcaste stood before the Brahma-rakshasa, his heart moved by the rakshasa’s longing for liberation. Yet he spoke plainly, “I do not grant you the fruit of singing that you desire, O Brahma-rakshasa.” Hearing these words, the rakshasa, undeterred, spoke again, his voice tinged with hope. With humility, the rakshasa confessed, “By this, I have been delivered—by the fruit of your singing.” The outcaste, astonished and filled with wonder at these words, responded with gentle sweetness. The rakshasa then revealed the cause of his suffering: “By the fault of my actions, I attained the state of a rakshasa. Once, I had fallen from the thread-mantra, yet I was established in sacrificial rites. While a sacrifice was underway, by the influence of fate, on the fifth night—before the rite was complete—I committed a wicked deed. Because of that act, I was cast into the state of a rakshasa. There, lacking the proper sacred thread, I performed the ancestral rites, and for that fault, I was born in a rakshasa womb.” Moved by this confession, the outcaste offered words of reassurance, and the rakshasa replied, “So be it.” The outcaste then declared, “I grant it, rakshasa, if you are freed with a pure mind.” The boon was given, and the rakshasa, overjoyed, proclaimed, “He delivers from hardships.” By the power of this blessing, the rakshasa was reborn—pure and spotless, O blessed one, radiant like the autumn moon. Having performed great deeds, he attained the state of Brahma. The outcaste reflected, “To me, while awake, O wise one, it was sung.” He understood that one who abandons all attachments attains the world of the Lord; freed from all attachments, he goes to that divine realm. By the sound of whose song one crosses the ocean of worldly existence—such is the power of devotion. In a previous life, as a human, he had conquered even the assembly of gods by his own power. For nine thousand and nine hundred years, he had lived, but then fell from Kubera’s abode, free to go as he wished. Now, O Earth, listen: as he danced, I will tell you by which means a man, cutting the bonds of worldly existence, may ascend. Thirty thousand years, and thirty hundred years as well—such is the reward, O fair-hipped one, for one devoted to my actions. He is born as my devotee, freed from the bonds of worldly existence. Attaining Jambudvīpa, he is born as a king of kings, ever devoted to me and my actions. Whoever walks the path of my deeds, O Earth, and performs abundant righteous acts, surely comes to my world. For the happiness of my devotees and for liberation from all worldly existence, such a being delivers ten ancestors before and ten after. If one recites among the Bhāgavata texts, liberation is attained by the self. If one seeks success, welfare, auspiciousness, and what is dear to me, one should never recite this chapter with the intent to criticize scripture. Thus, in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa, within the divine scripture, in the dialogue between the outcaste and the Brahma-rākṣasa, this is the one hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, named ‘The Greatness of the Boar.’ Now begins the account of the greatness of Kokāmukha, also known as Badarī. The holy places have been described, and you have heard of them. But what is that supreme place where you, O Lord, reside in form and image? Śrī Varāha replied, “Hear now of those places where I reside, as they are being described.