Varaha Purana 160.48: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 48
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
नानापहासरूपेण जिताः गोप्यो धनानि च ॥ गोपैरानीय ताश्चैव कृष्णाय च निवेदिताः
nānāpahāsarūpeṇa jitā gopyo dhanāni ca || gopair ānīya tāś caiva kṛṣṇāya ca niveditāḥ
कृष्ण ने मज़ाक-मज़ाक में गोपियों को अपना बना लिया। उनके पास जो दौलत थी वो भी ले ली। गोप लोग वो सब लेकर कृष्ण के पास गए और उसे दे दिया।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic chapters may interweave narrative episodes (here, Kṛṣṇa-centered material) alongside later tīrtha-oriented framing, reflecting layered compilation and transmission.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse; the geographic focus emerges in subsequent verses describing Yamunā waters and named tīrthas.
The verse itself is descriptive rather than prescriptive; ethical evaluation is not explicitly formulated in the line as transmitted here.
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