Varaha Purana 165.21: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 21
The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well
Uttara Bhāga · Sacred Geography of Mathurā (Govardhana–Yamunā)
विभुरुवाच ॥ गोवर्ध्धनो गिरिवरो यमुना च महानदी ॥ तयोर्मध्ये पुरी रम्या मथुरा लोकविश्रुता ।
vibhuruvāca || govarddhano girivaro yamunā ca mahānadī || tayormadhye purī ramyā mathurā lokaviśrutā
vibhuruvAcha || govarddhano girivaro yamunA cha mahAnadI || tayormadhye purI ramyA mathurA lokavishrutA
विभु ने कहा, गोवर्धन एक अच्छा पहाड़ है और यमुना बड़ी नदी है। दोनों के बीच मथुरा शहर है, जो दुनिया में मशहूर है।
Sandhi Notes
- विभुरुवाच = विभुः + उवाच (विसर्ग-लोप)
- तयोर्मध्ये = तयोः + मध्ये (विसर्ग→र्)
- गिरिवर, महानदी, लोकविश्रुता are compounds as noted
Vibhu (as marked: vibhuruvāca)
Sacredness is encoded in landscape; naming and locating a kṣetra is itself a mode of dharma-memory (smaraṇa).
Cultivate tīrtha-smaraṇa and pilgrimage-intent by learning the kṣetra’s boundaries and principal markers (river, hill, city).
Implicit foreshadowing: Govardhana and Yamunā are signature Krishna-līlā landscapes; Mathurā is Krishna’s janma-kṣetra in later narrative horizons.
Varāha Purāṇa Mathurā-māhātmya passages describing Govardhana–Yamunā–Mathurā triad (contextual linkage)
FAQs
It preserves a classical triad of regional markers—Govardhana, Yamunā, and Mathurā—useful for studying Purāṇic sacred geography and cultural memory.
Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh), situated in the cultural landscape associated with the Yamunā river and Govardhana hill.
Not an ethical injunction; the verse primarily functions as geographic and cultural identification.
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