Varaha Purana 152.12: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 12
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
तत्र वासी नरो याति मोक्षं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥ महामाघ्यां प्रयागे तु यत्फलं लभते नरः
tatra vāsī naro yāti mokṣaṃ nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ || mahāmāghyāṃ prayāge tu yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ
जो कोई वहाँ रहता है वो मुक्ति पा लेता है। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है। प्रयाग में महा माघ के टाइम जो फल मिलता है, वही फल यहाँ भी मिलता है।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary strategy: comparing the merit (phala) of multiple pilgrimage centers to elevate a particular locale within a wider network of sacred sites.
Prayāga (often identified with the confluence region at modern Prayagraj/Allahabad) and implicitly Mathurā as the primary referent of 'there'.
The verse promotes disciplined residence/association with a culturally valued place as a means of moral-spiritual cultivation, expressed in the idiom of mokṣa and phala.
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