Varaha Purana 156.19: Adhyaya 156, Shloka 19
The Manifest Sacred Landscape of Mathurā: Merits of Vatsakrīḍanaka, Bhāṇḍīraka, Vṛndāvana, Keśītīrtha, and the Sūrya-Tīrthas
पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम् ॥ तत्र वृन्दावने तीर्थे यत्र केशी निपातितः ॥
punar anyat pravakṣyāmi mahāpātaka-nāśanam || tatra vṛndāvane tīrthe yatra keśī nipātitaḥ ||
अब मैं एक और बात बताता हूँ जो बड़े पाप मिटा देती है। यह वृंदावन में है, जहाँ केशी दैत्य को मारा गया था।
Varāha (default dialogue frame)
FAQs
It functions as an editorial transition into a new tīrtha unit, showing how Purāṇic compilers link multiple sites through a continuous pilgrimage narrative.
Vṛndāvana, a major North Indian sacred landscape associated with the Yamunā region; the verse anchors a tīrtha to the event-location ‘where Keśī fell’.
The text frames certain places as ‘mahāpātaka-nāśana’, encouraging moral reform through culturally sanctioned practices rather than coercion.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
