Varaha Purana 160.82: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 82
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
गङ्गा साध्वी च तत्रैव महापातकनाशिनी ॥ दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा तथा ध्यात्वा सर्वकामान्समश्नुते
gaṅgā sādhvī ca tatraiva mahāpātakanāśinī || dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā tathā dhyātvā sarvakāmān samaśnute
वहाँ गंगा जी भी हैं, जो बड़े पाप मिटा देती हैं। उन्हे देख के, उनका पानी छू के, या उनका ध्यान कर के, सारे काम पूरे हो जाते हैं।
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It documents the river Gaṅgā’s centrality in Purāṇic sacred geography and the triad of practices—seeing, touching, and contemplation—common in pilgrimage literature.
The Gaṅgā is explicitly identified; the precise locality is contextual within the chapter’s itinerary rather than named in this single verse.
To engage sacred natural resources (especially water) with reverence and mindful conduct.
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