Varaha Purana 159.1: Adhyaya 159, Shloka 1
The Procedure and Merit of Circumambulating Mathurā
अथ मथुराप्रदक्षिणा विध्यादिकम् ॥ धरण्युवाच ॥ श्रुतं सुबहुशो देव तीर्थानां गुणविस्तरम् ॥ प्रोच्यमानं तु पुण्याख्यं त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्दन ॥
atha mathurāpradakṣiṇā vidhyādikam || dharaṇy uvāca || śrutaṃ subahuśo deva tīrthānāṃ guṇa-vistaram || procyamānaṃ tu puṇyākhyaṃ tvatprasādāj janārdana ||
अब मथुरा की परिक्रमा कैसे करनी है, उसका पूरा बतायेंगे। धरती ने कहा, भगवान, मैंने बहुत बार सुना है कि तीर्थों के बारे में आपने कितना डिटेल बताया है। यह सब आपकी कृपा से हुआ है, जनार्दन।
Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)
FAQs
It frames a tīrtha-oriented chapter as a dialogue, a common Purāṇic literary device used to organize sacred-geographic knowledge for recitation and transmission.
Mathurā—widely identified with the historical city of Mathura in present-day Uttar Pradesh, a major North Indian cultural and pilgrimage center.
An emphasis on attentive learning and transmission of cultural-heritage narratives (tīrtha-guṇa), presented as a disciplined inquiry rather than coercive obligation.
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