Varaha Purana 159.21: Adhyaya 159, Shloka 21
The Procedure and Merit of Circumambulating Mathurā
मथुरोपक्रमं कृत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।
mathuropakramaṁ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
मथुरा का यह व्रत शुरू करने से इंसान के सारे पाप धुल जाते हैं। यह पूरा रास्ता चलना है, तब जाके पाप मुक्त होते हो।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicitly marked in this isolated verse)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic genre feature: framing sacred geography through ritual action (upakrama) and its stated moral-ritual result (release from pāpa).
Mathurā—an ancient North Indian urban-sacred center, widely identified with modern Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), associated with long-standing Vaiṣṇava pilgrimage networks.
The verse promotes disciplined participation in a prescribed pilgrimage practice as a means of moral purification.
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