Varaha Purana 158.41: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 41
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
मथुरायां गृहं यस्तु प्रासादं कुरुते नरः ॥ चतुर्भुजस्तु विज्ञेयो जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः ॥
mathurāyāṃ gṛhaṃ yas tu prāsādaṃ kurute naraḥ | caturbhujas tu vijñeyo jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ ||
मथुरा में जो कोई घर या मंदिर बनाता है, वो चार हाथ वाला होता है। वो ज़िन्दा है और मुक्त हो गया है, कोई शक नहीं।
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It connects patronage/building activity with high spiritual status, offering textual evidence for how Purāṇic literature encouraged settlement, construction, and endowment in major sacred cities.
Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh), presented as a premier sacred-urban heritage site where building activity accrues exceptional merit.
The instruction valorizes constructive civic-religious acts (building and maintaining structures) as socially beneficial and spiritually meaningful within the text’s framework.
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