Kokāmukha
Kokāmukha · kokā-mukha, “the face of the koka (wolf)”
Kokāmukha is a holy tīrtha where Bhagavān Vishṇu is present as the Bhūvarāha mūrti, the Varāha form who bears the earth. The Vāmana Purāṇa names it on the tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage to holy places) of Prahlāda, and again at the close of the Purāṇa, among the tīrthas whose bath gives great puṇya (merit).
Prahlāda at Kokāmukha
Pulastya Maharshi tells Nārada of the tīrthayātrā of Prahlāda, the asura devotee of Bhagavān Vishṇu. After Kumāradhārā and Kapiladhārā, Prahlāda went to the river Narmadā. He bathed in the Narmadā, worshipped Vāsudeva, the Śrīvallabha (beloved of Śrī), and went to see Vārāhasvāmī, the Bhūdhara (bearer of the earth) and Cakrapāṇi (bearer of the cakra).
He then bathed in Kokāmukha tīrtha and worshipped that Bhūvarāha mūrti. From Kokāmukha he went to see Trisauvarṇeśvara, the īśvara of Arbuda, and from there went on to Nārīhrada and Kāliñjara.
Source: Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 57
The fruit of the Kokāmukha bath
At the close of the Vāmana Purāṇa, Pulastya Maharshi tells Nārada the fruits of hearing it. Among them he gives the fruit of the holy tīrthas. The vipras declare that the puṇya that comes from bathing at the kshetras of Naimishāraṇya and Pushkara, from the Māgha baths at Prayāga, and from bathing in the Bhāgīrathī and at the Kokāmukha kshetra, comes from hearing the Vāmana Purāṇa with undivided citta (mind).
Source: Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 69
Sources
- Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 57, 69