Varaha Purana

अस्ति तत्र वरं स्थानं सङ्गमं कौशिकोकयोः

There is a blessed place, the confluence of the Kauśikī and Kokā rivers.

तत्र यः कुरुते स्नानमहोरात्रोषितो नरः

There, a man who bathes and stays for a day and night,

स्वर्गे वा यदि वा भूमौ यं यं कामयते नरः

Whether in heaven or on earth, whatever a man desires,

तत्राऽथ मुंचते प्राणान्मम कर्मण्यवस्थितः 140.

There, then, one departs from life, remaining engaged in my act.

धाराः पतन्ति तिस्रो वै कौशिकीमाश्रिता नदीम्

Three streams indeed fall there, taking refuge in the Kauśikī river.

तत्र च स्नायमानस्तु यदि मत्स्यं प्रपश्यति

And there, if one sees a fish while bathing,

तत्र मत्स्यं पुनर्दृष्ट्वा यजमानस्तु सुन्दरि

There, O beautiful one, if the sacrificer again sees the fish,

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं देवि गुह्ये ततः परे

Whoever bathes there, O goddess, in that most secret place,

अथ संप्राप्य मुच्येत मत्स्यं गुह्यं परं मम

Then, having attained it, he is freed—the fish is my supreme secret.

पंचयोजनविस्तारं क्षेत्रं कोकामुखं मम

My field called Kokāmukha is five yojanas wide.

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

And I will tell you something else; listen to this, O Earth.

शिलाचन्दनसंकाशं देवानामपि दुर्लभम्

It shines like stone and sandalwood, and is difficult even for the gods to attain.

वामोन्नतमुखं कृत्वा वामदंष्ट्रासमुन्नतम्

Making the left side of the face high, and the left tusk elevated,

ये मां स्मरन्ति वै भूमे पुरुषा मुक्तकिल्बिषाः 140.

Those men, O Earth, who remember me are freed from sin.

यदि कोकामुखं गच्छेत् कदाचित्कालपर्यये

If at any time one goes to Kokāmukha during the course of life,

गुह्यानां परमं गुह्यमेतत्स्थानं परं महत्

This place is the supreme secret among secrets, the highest and greatest.

न च सांख्येन योगेन सिद्धिं यान्ति महापराम्

Not by Sāṃkhya nor by Yoga do they attain the highest perfection.

एवं श्रेष्ठं महाभागे यत्त्वया परिपृच्छिम्

Thus, O highly fortunate one, I have told you the best, which you have asked.

य एतत्कथितं भूमे कोकामुखमनुत्तमम्

Whoever, O Earth, recounts this supreme Kokāmukha,

मृतो वा तत्र जायेत शुद्धे भागवते कुले

Whether he dies there or is born, he is born in a pure, devoted family.

यश्चेदं शृणुयान्नित्यं कल्य उत्थाय मानवः

And if a man listens to this daily, rising early,

य एतत्पठते नित्यं कोकाख्यानं तथोषसि

Whoever recites daily this account of Koka, O Uṣas, ...

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे कोकामुखमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus, in the Śrī Varāha Purāṇa, in the divine scripture, is the one hundred fortieth chapter entitled 'The Description of the Greatness of Kokāmukha.'

अथ बदरिकाश्रममाहात्म्यम् तस्मिन्हिमवतः पृष्ठे परं गुह्यमतः शृणु

Now, the glory of Badarikāśrama: On the slopes of the Himalaya, listen to this most secret teaching.

न तत्प्राप्नोति मनुजः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्

No man attains that place, even by performing extremely difficult deeds.

दुर्ल्लभं तन्मम क्षेत्रं हिमकूटशिलातले

That field of mine, on the icy mountain's rocky surface, is exceedingly rare.

ब्रह्मकुण्डमिति ख्यातमास्ते तत्र शिलोच्चये

There, on the height of the rocks, is the renowned Brahmakuṇḍa.

स्नानं करोति यस्तत्र त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः

If a man, having fasted for three nights, bathes there—

मुञ्चेत्प्राणांस्तत्र यदि व्रतनिष्ठो जितेन्द्रियः

If, steadfast in vows and self-controlled, one gives up the breath there—