Varaha Purana 160.53: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 53
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
स्नात्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं दृष्ट्वा यात्राफलं लभेत् ॥ सरस्वत्याः सङ्गमे च देवर्षिपितृमानवान्
snātvā someśvaraṁ devaṁ dṛṣṭvā yātrāphalaṁ labhet || sarasvatyāḥ saṅgame ca devarṣipitṛmānavān
नहा के सोमेश्वर भगवान को देख लो। यह यात्रा का पूरा फल मिलता है। सरस्वती के संगम पर देवता, रिशि, पितर और लोगों को सम्मान दो।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It highlights the importance of ‘darśana’ and river confluences in pilgrimage culture, suggesting how sacred value was attached to hydrological nodes and associated shrines.
Sarasvatī-saṅgama (a confluence associated with the Sarasvatī tradition) is named; exact identification varies in scholarship because ‘Sarasvatī’ can denote multiple historical/ritual waterways.
It promotes a broad ethic of honoring multiple classes of beings—divinities, sages, ancestors, and living people—through prescribed acts of respect and offering.
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