Varaha Purana 158.4: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 4
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
सुप्तोत्थितं तु दृष्ट्वा मां मथुरायां वसुन्धरे ॥ ते नराः मां प्रपश्यन्ति सर्वकालं न संशयः ॥
suptotthitaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā māṃ mathurāyāṃ vasundhare || te narā māṃ prapaśyanti sarvakālaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
वसुंधरा, जब लोग मथुरा में मुझे देखते हैं, मैं जैसे नींद से उठ रहा हूँ। वो लोग मुझे हर वक्त देख सकते हैं, इसमें कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of sacralizing a specific landscape (Mathurā) by linking it to a recurring experience of divine ‘darśana’, a key motif in pilgrimage literature.
Mathurā—an ancient urban and pilgrimage center on the Yamunā (Kālindī), identified with modern Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The verse promotes sustained contemplative remembrance and disciplined pilgrimage practice by framing ‘seeing’ as an enduring moral-spiritual orientation rather than a one-time event.
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