The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
स्वनाम्ना चिह्नितं स्थाप्य तदा यात्राफलं लभेत् ॥ कर्कोटकं तथा नागं महादुष्टनिवारणम् ॥
svanāmnā cihnitaṁ sthāpya tadā yātrāphalaṁ labhet || karkoṭakaṁ tathā nāgaṁ mahāduṣṭanivāraṇam ||
अपना नाम लिख के वहाँ स्थापना करो। फिर तुम्हे यात्रा का फल मिलता है। वहाँ कर्कोटक नाम का नाग है। यह बड़े बुराई को दूर करता है।
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It suggests practices akin to votive installation and name-marking, relevant to the history of popular religiosity and informal epigraphy at pilgrimage sites.
No new place-name is specified; the mention of Karkoṭaka indicates a localized protective presence within the same sacred route.
The text links ritual completion with tangible acts (installation/marking) and frames protective figures as part of safeguarding pilgrims and sacred space.
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