Varaha Purana 162.60: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 60
The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha
कल्पग्रामेण किं तस्य वाराणस्यां च वा शुभे ॥ मथुरां तु समासाद्य यः कश्चिन्म्रियते भुवि ॥
kalpagrāmeṇa kiṃ tasya vārāṇasyāṃ ca vā śubhe | mathurāṃ tu samāsādya yaḥ kaścin mriyate bhuvi ||
अच्छा बेटा, कल्पग्राम की क्या ज़रूरत? काशी का क्या काम? जो कोई मथुरा पहुँच के मर जाता है, उसके लिए कुछ भी चाहिए नहीं।
Varāha
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It names major North Indian sacred cities and demonstrates how Purāṇas construct a graded sacred geography through comparative statements.
Kalpagrāma, Vārāṇasī (Benares), and Mathurā are explicitly mentioned.
The verse promotes prioritization of disciplined pilgrimage goals, framing certain locales as especially significant within the text’s moral geography.
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