The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
ब्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च चौराऽ भङ्गव्रताश्च ये ॥ अगम्यागमने शीलाः क्षेत्रदारापहारकाः ॥
brahmaghnaś ca surāpaś ca caurā bhagnavratāś ca ye || agamyāgamane śīlāḥ kṣetradārāpahārakāḥ ||
ब्राह्मण मारने वाले, शराब पीने वाले, चोर, जिन्होंने व्रत तोड़ा है। गलत औरतों के साथ चले वाले, और जो खेत और औरतें चुराए।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
It mirrors dharma-ethical lists found across Sanskrit literature, showing how pilgrimage texts incorporate social-legal categories of wrongdoing.
No location appears in this verse; it functions as part of a broader Mathurā pilgrimage merit discourse.
It names socially recognized transgressions to frame the subsequent claim of purification through sacred travel and encounter.
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