Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c21.5

c21.5

A *tīrtha* called Kokāmukha or Varāha-kṣetra is known from he *Mahābhārata*² and the *Purāṇas*. Chapters 219 and 229 of the *Brahma Purāṇa* locate the holy place of pilgrimage in the Himalayas. The *Brahma Purāṇa* not only refers to the Kokāmukha *tīrtha* in the Himalayas but also to the Varāha form of Viṣṇu installed there and to the river called Kokā which runs through the place. Cf.