Varaha Purana 160.51: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 51
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
ततो गच्छेन्महातीर्थं विमलं यमुनाम्भसि ॥ स्नात्वा पीत्वा पितॄंस्तर्प्य नाम्ना रुद्रमहालयम्
tato gacchenmahātīrthaṁ vimalaṁ yamunāmbhasi || snātvā pītvā pitṝṁs tarpya nāmnā rudramahālayam
फिर यमुना में विमल नाम का तीर्थ है, वहाँ जाओ। वहाँ नहा के पानी पियो। अपने पुरखों को याद करो। फिर रुद्र महालय नाम की जगह पहुँच जाओ।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It documents a structured pilgrimage-ritual itinerary centered on the Yamunā, indicating how riverine landscapes were mapped as networks of named tīrthas.
Yamunā (river) is explicitly named; ‘Vimala’ and ‘Rudra-mahālaya’ appear as tīrtha/place-names, though their precise modern identifications require regional epigraphic and local tradition correlation.
It frames care for ancestral obligations (pitṛ-tarpaṇa) and disciplined ritual conduct as integral to cultural memory and pilgrimage practice.
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