Varaha Purana 164.1: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 1
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
अथाऽन्नकूटपरिक्रमप्रभावः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ अस्ति गोवर्धनं नाम क्षेत्रं परमदुर्लभम् ॥ मथुरापश्चिमे भागे अदूराद्योजनद्वयम् ॥
athā’nnakūṭa-parikrama-prabhāvaḥ | śrī-varāha uvāca | asti govardhanaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ paramadurlabham | mathurā-paścime bhāge adūrād yojana-dvayam ||
अब मैं बताता हूँ अन्नकूट के चक्कर लगाने का फायदा। वराह भगवान बोले। मथुरा के पास वेस्ट साइड में एक जगह है जिसका नाम गोवर्धन है। यह बहुत रेयर है, आसान से नहीं मिलता। सिर्फ़ दो योजन दूर है।
Varāha
FAQs
It documents a pilgrimage practice (parikramā) and locates Govardhana relative to Mathurā, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts encode regional sacred landscapes.
Govardhana is identified near Mathurā; it corresponds to the Govardhan area in the Braj region (Uttar Pradesh), widely recognized in historical and pilgrimage literature.
The passage frames pilgrimage and circumambulation as disciplined cultural practices that cultivate memory, restraint, and reverence toward sacred landscapes.
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