Varaha Purana 160.80: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 80
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
वर्षखातं ततो गत्वा कुण्डं पापहरं परम् ॥ गत्वा स्नात्वा पितॄंस्तर्प्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
varṣakhātaṁ tato gatvā kuṇḍaṁ pāpaharaṁ param || gatvā snātvā pitṝṁs tarpya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
फिर वर्षखात जाओ, वहाँ एक कुंड है जो पाप मिटाता है। वहाँ नहा के अपने पुरखों को पानी दो। इससे सारे पाप छूट जाते हैं।
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It links sacred-water sites with ancestral rites (tarpaṇa), reflecting how pilgrimage integrated household/lineage obligations into public sacred geography.
Varṣakhāta and a designated kuṇḍa are named; modern identification is uncertain without corroborating regional tīrtha lists and local tradition.
To remember lineage obligations and practice ritual responsibility (tarpaṇa) as part of moral self-discipline.
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