Varaha Purana

जलेन मेहयेद्यस्तु गुरुभक्तो न जल्पकः

He who offers water, is devoted to his teacher, and is not talkative—

स च गर्भं न गच्छेत मम लोकं स गच्छति

He does not enter the womb; he attains my world.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे जन्माभावो नामैकविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred twenty-first chapter, called 'The Absence of Birth,' in the glorious Varaha Purana.

अथ कोकामुखमाहात्म्यम् गुह्यानां परमं गुह्यं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

Now, the greatness of Kokamukha: Hear, O Vasundhara, the supreme secret among secrets.

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्द्दश्यां मैथुनं यो न गच्छति

He who does not engage in intercourse on the eighth or fourteenth day—

बाल्ये वयस्यपि च यो मम नित्यमनुव्रतः

He who, even in childhood or youth, always follows me faithfully—

आयासे जीवति न यः प्रविभागी गुणान्वितः

He who, though living amid hardship, does not divide, and is endowed with virtues—

विकर्म नाभिकुर्वीत कौमारव्रतसंस्थितः

He should not commit wrongful acts, remaining steadfast in the vow of youth.

मत्या च निःस्पृहोऽत्यन्तं परार्थेष्वस्पृहः सदा इमं गुह्यं वरारोहे देवैरपि दुरासदम्

And he who is utterly free from desire, always without longing for others' possessions, O fair one, this secret is difficult even for the gods to attain.

तच्छृणुष्वानवद्याङ्गि कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे

Hear this, O flawless-limbed one, as I recount it to you, O sinless one.

ये न हिंसन्ति भूतानि शुद्धात्मानो दयापराः

Those who do not harm living beings, whose hearts are pure and who are devoted to compassion—

मनसा न चलत्येव मम वल्लभतां व्रजेत्

Their minds do not waver; they attain my beloved status.

वराहरूपिणं देवं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा ।। 122.

Vasundhara spoke to the god in the form of Varaha.

एवं मे परमं गुह्यं त्वद्भक्त्या वक्तुमर्हसि

Thus, by your devotion, you are worthy to hear my supreme secret.

भद्रकर्णह्रदं चैव हित्वा कोकां प्रशंससि

Having abandoned the Bhadrakarna lake, you praise Kokamukha.

केदारं च ततो मुक्त्वा कि कोकां च प्रशंससि

Having left Kedara, why do you praise Kokamukha?

दुर्गं महाबलं मुक्त्वा किं वै कोकां प्रशंससि

Having left the mighty fortress, why indeed do you praise Kokamukha?

एकलिङ्गं ततो मुक्त्वा किं वा कोकां प्रशंससि

Having left Ekalinga, why do you praise Kokamukha?

वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् एवमेतन्महाभागे यन्मां त्वं भीरु भाषसे

The Lord, in the form of Varaha, replied to Vasundhara: 'O great one, what you say to me, O timid one, is so.'

कथयिष्यामि ते गुह्यं कोका येन विशिष्यते

I shall tell you the secret by which Kokā is distinguished.

एते पाशुपताश्चैषां कोका भागवतस्य ह

These are the Pāśupata rites; Kokā belongs indeed to the Bhāgavata.

कृतं कोकामुखे चैव मम क्षेत्रे हि सुन्दरि 122.

A rite was performed at the entrance to Kokā, in my sacred field, O beautiful one.

तत्राल्पेनाम्बुना युक्ते ह्रदे मत्स्यस्तु तिष्ठति तस्य हस्ताच्च बलवान्मत्स्यस्तूर्णं विनिर्गतः

There, in a pond with little water, a fish remained; from its mouth, a strong fish quickly emerged.

निपत्य तं गृहीत्वैव प्रोड्डीनस्त्वरयान्वितः

Falling down, seizing it, he hurriedly leapt away.

तत्क्षेत्रस्य प्रभावेण राजपुत्रोऽभवत्प्रभुः

By the power of that field, the prince became a lord.

अथ कालेन तस्यैव मृगव्याधस्य चाङ्गना

Then, in time, the hunter's wife—

एका चिल्ली मांसलुब्धा तद्धस्तान्मांसगर्द्धिनी

A certain shrew, greedy for flesh, eager for meat from his hand—

मृगव्याधा बलान्मांसं हर्तुकामां तु चिल्लिकाम्

The hunter, by force, sought to take the shrew who desired the meat.

आकाशात्पातिता भद्रे कोकायां मम सन्निधौ

O good lady, she fell from the sky into Kokā, in my presence.