Varaha Purana 152.52: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 52
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नरः स्नातः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥
tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || tatrātha muñcate prāṇān mama lokaṃ sa gacchati ||
जो कोई उस तीर्थ पर नहाता है, वो सारे पाप से आज़ाद हो जाता है। अगर वहाँ मर भी जाए तो मेरे पास आता है।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic tīrtha ideology where ritual bathing is textualized as moral purification, indicating how pilgrimage sites were promoted and remembered through literature.
The verse points to an unnamed tīrtha in the immediate narrative context (here associated with Dhruva-tīrtha in the surrounding sequence), emphasizing sacred geography rather than a modern cartographic identifier.
The text foregrounds purification and intentional ritual practice as means of moral renewal and posthumous aspiration, framed within the narrator’s (Varāha’s) realm.
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