Varaha Purana 158.39: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 39
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥
tatrātha muñcate prāṇān mama lokaṃ sa gacchati ||
अगर कोई वहाँ अपनी जान छोड़ दे, तो वो मेरे पास आता है। मेरे लोक में उसकी जगह बन जाती है।
Varāha (instructor; first-person ‘mama’)
FAQs
It illustrates a widespread Purāṇic eschatological theme: dying at a sanctified place is framed as yielding a superior post-mortem destination, reflecting medieval South Asian sacred geography.
The referent is the previously mentioned tīrtha in the Mathurā context (including Catuḥsāmudrika), treated as a place of heightened salvific value.
Rather than a social ethic, the verse presents a soteriological claim linking place, practice, and ultimate destiny within the text’s worldview.
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