Varaha Purana 158.8: Adhyaya 158, Shloka 8
The Manifestation and Sanctifying Power of the Mathurā Tīrtha
प्रदक्षिणीकृतो येन मथुरायां तु केशवः ॥ प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा ॥
pradakṣiṇīkṛto yena mathurāyāṃ tu keśavaḥ || pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasundharā ||
मथुरा में जो केशव का परिक्रमा करता है। उसने पूरी दुनिया का परिक्रमा कर लिया, सात द्वीप सब।
Varāha
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It links a localized ritual (circumambulation at Mathurā) to a pan-cosmic model (saptadvīpa), illustrating how Purāṇic texts fuse geography with cosmology.
Mathurā; additionally, the verse invokes the cosmographic ‘seven dvīpas’ known from Purāṇic world models.
It promotes reverent, low-impact devotional movement (circumambulation) as a disciplined practice that symbolically acknowledges the wider world.
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