Varaha Purana 160.1: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 1
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
अथ मथुरापरिक्रमप्रादुर्भावः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ अष्टम्यां मथुरां प्राप्य कार्त्तिकस्यासिते नरः ॥ स्नात्वा विश्रान्तितीर्थे तु पितृदेवार्चने रतः।
atha mathurāparikramaprādurbhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || aṣṭamyāṁ mathurāṁ prāpya kārtikasyāsite naraḥ || snātvā viśrāntitīrthe tu pitṛdevārcane rataḥ
अब मैं मथुरा परिक्रमा का पूरा हिसाब बताता हूँ। कार्तिक महीने की अष्टमी को मथुरा पहुँच के विश्रांति घाट पे नहा लो। फिर अपने पूर्वज और भगवान की पूजा करो।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves a ritual calendar linkage (Kārttika, aṣṭamī) and a named sacred water-site (Viśrānti-tīrtha), useful for reconstructing historical pilgrimage rhythms.
Mathurā and Viśrānti-tīrtha (a sacred bathing place associated with the Mathurā landscape in later tradition as well).
Perform purification (snāna) and maintain reciprocal remembrance through rites for ancestors and deities—an ethic of continuity and responsibility.
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