Varaha Purana 163.20: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 20
The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image
कृते युगे तु राजासीन्मान्धाता नाम नामतः ॥ तेनाहं तोषितो देवि भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा
kṛte yuge tu rājāsīn māndhātā nāma nāmataḥ || tenāhaṁ toṣito devi bhaktiyuktena cetasā
कृत युग में एक राजा था। उसका नाम मांधाता था। देवी, उसने मुझे भक्ति से याद किया। दिल से भक्ति की, मैं उससे खुश हो गया।
Varāha
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It links the Mathurā narrative to wider Purāṇic-epic royal memory, using yuga-chronology and exemplary kingship to anchor sacred-site traditions.
No new place-name appears here; the verse situates a figure (Māndhātā) within the broader Mathurā-centered discourse.
Inner disposition matters: devotion framed as a quality of mind (cetas) is presented as efficacious.
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