Pranam I went through this stuff from Astro jyothi.com the varaha Purana; for those who would like to know short and sweet and the southern sanskrit tongue one can read the same, as ESSENCE OF VARAHA PURANA FROM KAMAKOTI. ORG. KR IRS 91121
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 15:33, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > * DIVINE INFORMATION 2-13* > > > * Varaha Purana part 23 Posted by: "DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" > [email protected] <[email protected]> prdili Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:09 > pm (PST) * > > *KOKAMUKH-TEERTH * > > *Describing the holiness of Kokamukh-teerth, lord Varah narrated a tale > to Prithvi "Once, a fisherman 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 picking the fish in its beak tried to fly > away. * > > * But, as the fish was a large one, the hawk could not hold it for too > long. As a result, the hawk fell on the ground being unable to bear the > weight of the fish. But amazingly, the hawk turned into a handsome prince > as soon as it touched the ground." * > > * "In the meantime, the fisherman's wife arrived there carrying some > meat-pieces in her hand. A kite, which was flying in the sky tried to > snatch those meat-pieces. Seeing this, 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 extremely beautiful but hated men. * > > > * Similarly, the fish was reborn as a prince. As the destiny would > have liked it, both of them got married. There was a dramatic change in > the attitude of the princess after the marriage as she no longer hated > men. On the contrary, she loved her husband so much that she dreaded the > thought of separation for even a moment." * > > > *"One day, the prince had a severe headache which showed no sign of > subsiding. The princess became very worried and summoned the royal > physician. The physician left no stone unturned to cure his royal > physician but without any success. Somehow, the prince remembered > everything about his previous birth and had a firm belief that he would be > cured of his illness once he reached Kokamukh-the sacrosanct place of > pilgrimage. So he decided to go there accompanied by the princess."* > > > * "Both of them reached a place at 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 previous birth and that the skeleton > was his. Then he went on to describe the cause of his headache which > according to him was 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 had been killed by a > fisherman in her previous birth. She also told her husband -'Dying at > Kokamukh in my previous birth prove to be a blessing to me as I was reborn > as a princess. Had it not been so ,I would certainly 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-the reliever of all pains and miseries." * > > *Varaha Purana part 24 Posted by: "DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" > [email protected] <[email protected]> prdili * > > *Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:26 pm (PST) * > > * MAYAPURI (HARIDWAR)* > > * Narrating about the sanctity of Mayapuri, lord Varah told Prithvi- > "There lived a brahmin named Somsharma at Mayapuri.He was a great > devotee of mine (lord sri Hari)and had an impossible desire of witnessing > my divine powers by his mortal eyes. I tried to make him understand > about the futility of his desire but to no avail. Finally I was left with > no option but to fulfil his wish. One day Somsharma had gone to > take his bath in the holy Ganges. Hardly had he taken a dip than he found > himself experiencing the pangs of birth 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 terrible experience for him and he vowed to > lead a chaste life as soon as he came out of the womb." * > > > *"Unfortunately, he forgot everything about his vow once he took rebirth > as a girl. In course of time, the girl grew up and married a young > nishad. She had many children from him. One day, the nishad girl who in > reality was Somsharma, went to take a bath in the holy Ganges. As soon as > she entered into the river, she got transformed into a hermit. She > was filled with extreme bewilderment but this was not the end,a s there > were more surprises to come." * > > *"The hermit (previously nishad and originally Somsharma)came out of the > river and looked all around in amazement. He then sat down to meditate and > very soon he was engrossed in his meditation. In the evening, some > sages arrived and said-'Sir! How come you are sitting here? You had gone > to take a bath. We became anxious and started searching for you when you > did not return till evening." "The hermit was bewildered by the turn of > events as he was aware of every incident that had occurred. He was also > well aware that he had spent fifty years as nishad-woman but > according to the statements of hermits he had been absent only for few > hours. 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 his wish of witnessing my divine powers had > been fulfilled or not. The hermit eulogized me and agreed that it > was impossible for any mortal to understand the ways of > Almighty. I then blessed him and transformed him into Somsharma once > again." * > > *Such is the grandeur of Mayapuri-the sacrosanct place where lord sri Hari > has manifested his divine powers. A devotee who goes on a > pilgrimage to Mayapuri never gets entangeled in the worldly illusions. * > > * KUBJAAMRAK TEERTH (HRISHIKESH)* > > * Describing how Kubjaamrak teerth derived it's name ,lord Varah told > Prithvi-"In satyayuga, at the time when the earth was still submerged in > water, I had killed two mighty demons named Madhu and Kaitabh. After > killing both the demons I looked all around and found sage Raimya > engrossed in his penance. Sage Raimya was a great devotee of mine.* > > * I was extremely impressed and watched him hiding myself behind a mango > tree. The mango tree could not bear the weight of my hands and became > curved .This is how Kubjaamrak teerth derived it's name. * > > * Very soon, sage Raimya found out that I was hiding behind that mango > tree. He eulogized me and requested me to grant a special status to > Kubjaamrak teerth among all the holy places. I blessed him and thus > Kubjaamrak teerth became one of the holiest places. * > > * There are several other holy places situated in the vicinity of > Kubjaamrak teerth, Manas-teerth, Maya-teerth,Sarvakamik- eerth, Purnamukh > teerth, Agni-teerth, Shukra-terth, Manasar teerth, Sapta > samudrak-teerth, etc. All these holy places including Kubjaamrak teerth > are capable of giving salvation to a man." * > > * I will continue in next posting. 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