Varaha Purana 152.11: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 11
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
सा रम्या च सुशस्ता च जन्मभूमिस्तथा मम ॥ शृणु देवि यथा स्तौमि मथुरां पापहारिणीम्
sā ramyā ca suśastā ca janmabhūmis tathā mama || śṛṇu devi yathā staumi mathurāṃ pāpahāriṇīm
यह जगह बहुत अच्छी है और लोग इसकी तारीफ करते हैं। यह मेरा जनम स्थान है। देवी, सुनो मैं मथुरा की बात करता हूँ। यह पाप दूर करती है।
Varāha
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It frames Mathurā as a culturally central landscape within Purāṇic sacred-geography discourse, presented as the speaker’s own birthplace and thus a key locus of narrative authority.
Mathurā—commonly identified with the historic city on the Yamunā River in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India.
To attend (śṛṇu) and reflect on praise of a place characterized as morally purifying, emphasizing the ethical value of listening to and preserving cultural-heritage narratives.
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