Varaha Purana

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—

अग्निसत्यपदं नाम तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परं मम

In that field of mine is the supreme place called Agnisatya.

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः

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

इन्द्रलोकमिति ख्यातो बदर्यां च ममाश्रमः 141.

And in Badarī, my hermitage is known as Indraloka.

तत्र चैव तु शृङ्गेभ्यः स्थूलधारा पतेत्पुनः

And there, from the peaks, a great stream again descends.

स्नानं करोति यस्तत्र एकरात्रोषितो नरः

If a man, having fasted for one night, bathes there—

अस्ति पञ्चशिखं नाम बदर्याश्रमतीर्थकम्

There is a holy place of Badarī's hermitage called Pañcaśikha.

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं पंचस्रोतसि मानवः

If a man bathes there at the five streams—

यद्यत्र मुञ्चते प्राणान् कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्

If, having performed extremely difficult deeds, one gives up the breath there—

चतुःस्रोत इति ख्यातं तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम

In that field of mine is the place known as Catuḥsrota.

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानमेकरात्रोषितो नरः

If a man, having fasted for one night, bathes there—

अथ प्राणान्परित्यज्य कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्

Then, having abandoned his life-breaths after performing a most difficult act,

वेदधारमिति ख्यातं तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम 141.

In that sacred field of mine, it is renowned as Vedadhara.

तत्रैव हिमवत्पृष्ठे चतुःशृङ्गाद्बृहत्तराः

There, on the slope of the Himalaya, are peaks greater than the four-peaked one.

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं चतूरात्रोषितो नरः

Whoever bathes there, having observed a fast for four nights,

अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम कर्मपथे स्थितः। देवलोकमतिक्रम्य मम लोकं प्रतिष्ठते

Then, if he gives up his life there, established on my path of action, surpassing the world of the gods, he attains my own realm.

द्वादशादित्यकुण्डेति तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम

In that supreme field of mine, it is known as the Pool of the Twelve Suns.

तत्र पर्वतशृंगे तु स्थूलमूले शिलातले

There, at the mountain peak, at the base of a great tree, on a stone surface,

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं यां काञ्चिद्द्वादशीं यदि

Whoever bathes there on any twelfth lunar day,

अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम कर्मणि संस्थितः

Then, if he gives up his life there, devoted to my action,

लोकपालमिति ख्यातं तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम

In that supreme field of mine, it is renowned as Lokapala.