Varaha Purana 159.19: Adhyaya 159, Shloka 19
The Procedure and Merit of Circumambulating Mathurā
इत्युक्त्वा ऋषयो जग्मुरभिवाद्य स्वयम्भुवम् ॥ आगत्य मथुरां देवीमाश्रमांश्चक्रिरे द्विजाः ॥
ity uktvā ṛṣayo jagmur abhivādya svayambhuvam || āgatya mathurāṃ devīm āśramāṃś cakrire dvijāḥ ||
यह कह के रिशि चले गए। ब्रह्मा को प्रणाम किया और निकल पड़े। मथुरा पहुंचे, जो एक पवित्र जगह है। वहाँ जाके आश्रम बना लिए।
Varāha (implied narrative voice; verse reports events)
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It connects sacred geography with institutional presence (āśramas), a motif that helps explain how pilgrimage centers could be narrated as long-standing sites of learning and ascetic settlement.
Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh).
The verse models respectful conduct toward teachers/elders (abhivāda) and disciplined settlement (āśrama) as complementary to pilgrimage.
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