Varaha Purana 218.36: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 36
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मथुरातीर्थमाहात्म्यं प्रादुर्भावस्तथैव च ॥ यमुनातीर्थमाहात्म्यमक्रूरस्य च तीर्थकम्
mathurātīrthamāhātmyaṃ prādurbhāvas tathaiva ca || yamunātīrthamāhātmyaṃ akrūrasya ca tīrthakam
मथुरा तीर्थ की बात है। यह कैसे बना, वो भी बताया है। यमुना तीर्थ की भी इम्पोर्टेंस है। और अक्रूर के तीर्थ की बात भी है।
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It links major North Indian sacred geography (Mathurā–Yamunā) with narrative motifs of “manifestation” (prādurbhāva), a common Purāṇic way of grounding place-importance in story and memory.
Mathurā and the Yamunā are explicitly named; Akrūra’s associated tīrtha points to a localized tradition along the Yamunā corridor referenced in broader Kṛṣṇa-cycle literature.
By foregrounding a river tīrtha, the verse implicitly elevates waterways as cultural-ecological heritage, encouraging reverent and careful human interaction with river environments.
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