Varaha Purana 169.40: Adhyaya 169, Shloka 40
The Greatness of Mathurā: The Ardhacandra Sacred Bathing Rite and the Procedure for the Yajñopavīta Observance
माथुराणां च यद्रूपं तद्रूपं मे वसुन्धरे ॥ माथुरेण तु तृप्तेन तृप्तोऽहं नात्र संशयः ॥
māthurāṇāṃ ca yadrūpaṃ tadrūpaṃ me vasundhare || māthurena tu tṛptena tṛpto 'haṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
मथुरा के लोग जैसे भी हैं, वैसे ही मैं हूँ। जब कोई मथुरा का इंसान खुश हो जाता है, तब मैं खुश हो जाता हूँ। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।
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It is a typical māhātmya-style elevation of a region and its inhabitants, useful for understanding how Purāṇic texts construct sacred geographies and communal identities around pilgrimage centers.
Mathurā is explicitly named, a major North Indian cultural-heritage and pilgrimage center with extensive textual attestations.
It implies a reciprocal ethic of care between sacred place/community and the cosmic order (here voiced to Earth/Vasundharā), encouraging respectful treatment of a culturally significant region and its people.
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