Varaha Purana 168.21: Adhyaya 168, Shloka 21
The Merit of Seeing Mathurā’s Guardian-Deity and a Catalog of Mathurā’s Sacred Geography
एतन्मरणकाले तु यः स्मरेत्प्रयतो नरः ॥ स गच्छेत्परामां सिद्धिमिह संसारनाशिनीम् ॥
etan maraṇakāle tu yaḥ smaret prayato naraḥ || sa gacchet parāmāṃ siddhim iha saṃsāranāśinīm ||
जो इंसान मरने के वक़्त यह याद रखता है, उसको सबसे बड़ी सिद्धि मिल जाती है। यह सिद्धि संसार के चक्कर को खत्म कर देती है।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a widespread Indic motif where remembrance at death is linked to liberation, offering insight into Purāṇic soteriology and mnemonic religious practice.
The ‘this’ being remembered points back to Mathurā-kṣetra’s māhātmya and tīrtha-network described in the chapter, though the verse itself is not a toponymic list.
It foregrounds disciplined recollection (smaraṇa with prayatna) as an ethical practice—cultivating attention and self-regulation rather than coercive obligation.
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