DIVINE INFORMATION 2-13 VarahaPurana part 23 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:09 pm (PST)
KOKAMUKH-TEERTH Describing the holiness ofKokamukh-teerth, lord Varah narrated a tale to Prithvi "Once, afisherman was trying to catch a large fish in a lake situated at Kokamukh.Suddenly, a hawk which was flying in the sky, descended down and after pickingthe fish in its beak tried to fly away. But, as the fish was a large one, the hawkcould not hold it for too long. As aresult, the hawk fell on the ground being unable to bear the weight of the fish. But amazingly, the hawk turnedinto a handsome prince as soon as ittouched the ground." "In the meantime, thefisherman's wife arrived there carrying some meat-pieces in her hand. A kite, which was flying in the sky triedto snatch those meat-pieces. Seeingthis, the fisherman killed that kite with one shot of his arrow. In course of time, the kite took rebirth as a princess of Chandrapur. She was extremelybeautiful but hated men. Similarly, the fish was reborn as a prince. Asthe destiny would have liked it, bothof them got married. There was a dramatic change in the attitude of the princess after the marriageas she no longer hated men. On the contrary, she loved her husband so much thatshe dreaded the thought of separationfor even a moment." "One day, the prince had asevere headache which showed no sign of subsiding.The princess became very worried and summoned the royal physician. The physician left no stoneunturned to cure his royal physicianbut without any success. Somehow, the prince remembered everything about his previous birth and had a firm belief that hewould be cured of his illness once hereached Kokamukh-the sacrosanct place of pilgrimage. So he decided to go there accompanied by theprincess." "Both of them reached a placeat Kokamukh where they saw the remains(skeleton)of a fish lying on the ground .The prince revealed to his wife that he was a fish in his previousbirth and that the skeleton was his.Then he went on to describe the cause of his headache which according to himwas due to the injury sustained in his past birth when he had been badly mauled by a hawk.The princess was aware of her past birth as a kite, so she revealed how she hadbeen killed by a fisherman in herprevious birth. She also told her husband -'Dying at Kokamukh in my previousbirth prove to be a blessing to me as I was reborn as a princess. Had it not been so ,I wouldcertainly have not born as a princess." "Both of them worshipped lord vishnu and as a result the prince was cured of his severe headache.Such is the greatness of Kokamukh-thereliever of all pains and miseries." VarahaPurana part 24 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili WedDec 8, 2010 10:26 pm (PST) MAYAPURI(HARIDWAR) Narratingabout the sanctity of Mayapuri, lord Varah told Prithvi- "There lived a brahmin named Somsharma atMayapuri.He was a great devotee of mine (lord sri Hari)and had animpossible desire of witnessing mydivine powers by his mortal eyes. I tried to make him understand about the futility of hisdesire but to no avail. Finally I wasleft with no option but to fulfil his wish. One day Somsharma had gone to take his bath in the holyGanges. Hardly had he taken a dip than he found himself experiencing the pangs ofbirth in the womb of a nishad woman.Evidently, lord sri Hari had began giving a glimpse of his divine powers to Somsharma. It was a terribleexperience for him and he vowed to lead a chaste life as soon as he came out ofthe womb." "Unfortunately, he forgoteverything about his vow once he took rebirth as a girl. In course of time, the girl grew upand married a young nishad. Shehad many children from him. One day, the nishad girl who in reality wasSomsharma, went to take a bath in the holy Ganges. As soon as she entered into the river, she gottransformed into a hermit. She was filled with extreme bewilderment but this was not the end,a s there weremore surprises to come." "The hermit (previously nishadand originally Somsharma)came out of the river and looked all around inamazement. He then sat down to meditate and very soon he was engrossed in hismeditation. In the evening, some sages arrived and said-'Sir! How come you are sitting here? You hadgone to take a bath. We became anxious and started searching foryou when you did not return till evening." "The hermit was bewilderedby the turn of events as he was aware of every incident that had occurred. Hewas also well aware that he had spentfifty years as nishad-woman but according to the statements of hermits he had been absent only for fewhours. The hermit was totally confused about his real identity .I(lord Varah)felt pity on his miserable condition and decided to lift my magic spell. I asked him whether hiswish of witnessing my divine powers had been fulfilled or not. The hermit eulogized me andagreed that it was impossible forany mortal to understand the waysof Almighty. I then blessed him and transformed him into Somsharma once again." Such is the grandeur of Mayapuri-thesacrosanct place where lord sri Hari has manifested his divine powers. Adevotee who goes on a pilgrimageto Mayapuri never gets entangeled in the worldly illusions. KUBJAAMRAKTEERTH (HRISHIKESH) Describing how Kubjaamrak teerthderived it's name ,lord Varah told Prithvi-"In satyayuga, at the time when the earth was stillsubmerged in water, I had killed two mighty demons named Madhu and Kaitabh.After killing both the demons I lookedall around and found sage Raimya engrossed in his penance. Sage Raimya was agreat devotee of mine. I was extremely impressed andwatched him hiding myself behind a mango tree. The mango tree could not bear theweight of my hands and became curved .This is how Kubjaamrak teerthderived it's name. Very soon, sage Raimya found out that I was hiding behindthat mango tree. He eulogized me andrequested me to grant a special statusto Kubjaamrak teerth among all the holyplaces. I blessed himand thus Kubjaamrak teerth became one ofthe holiest places. There are several other holyplaces situated in the vicinity ofKubjaamrak teerth, Manas-teerth, Maya-teerth,Sarvakamik- eerth, Purnamukhteerth, Agni-teerth, Shukra-terth, Manasar teerth, Sapta samudrak-teerth, etc. All these holy places including Kubjaamrak teerth are capable of givingsalvation to a man." Iwill continue in next posting. Posted by R.Gopalakrishnan 9-11-202 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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