Varaha Purana 160.17: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 17
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
मौनव्रतधरो गच्छेद्यावद्दक्षिणकोटिके ॥ प्राप्य स्नात्वा पितॄंस्तर्प्य दृष्ट्वा देवं प्रणम्य च ॥
maunavratadharo gacched yāvad dakṣiṇakoṭike || prāpya snātvā pitṝṃs tarpya dṛṣṭvā devaṃ praṇamya ca ||
मौन व्रत रख के चलो। जब तक दक्षिण कोटि न पहुँच जाओ तब तक चलते रहो। वहाँ जाके नहा लो। पितरों को तर्पण करो। भगवान का दर्शन करके प्रणाम करो।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It records a complete micro-sequence of pilgrimage actions—silence, arrival, bathing, ancestor rites, and reverence—useful for reconstructing tīrtha praxis and its social memory functions.
Dakṣiṇakoṭi is named as the destination tīrtha; further identification depends on comparative study of regional traditions and textual parallels.
Practice restraint (mauna), perform duties toward ancestors (tarpaṇa), and approach sacred spaces with respectful conduct (praṇāma).
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