Varaha Purana 158.27: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 27
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
अस्ति क्षेत्रं परं दिव्यं मुचुकुन्दं तु नामतः॥ मुचुकुन्दः स्वपित्यत्र दानवासुरपातनः॥
asti kṣetraṁ paraṁ divyaṁ mucukundaṁ tu nāmataḥ || mucukundaḥ svapityatra dānavāsurapātanaḥ
एक बहुत पवित्र स्थान है जिसका नाम मुचुकुंद है। वहाँ मुचुकुंद सो रहा है। उसने दानव और असुर दुश्मनों को मारा था।
Varāha
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It preserves a localized sacred-topography marker (Muchukunda-kṣetra), useful for correlating Purāṇic narrative geography with regional pilgrimage circuits.
Muchukunda-kṣetra (a named sacred area within the broader Mathurā landscape in Purāṇic tradition).
Indirectly, it frames cultural memory of exemplary figures (Muchukunda) as part of a heritage landscape, supporting reverence for place and narrative continuity.
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