Varaha Purana 154.13: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 13
The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites
Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas
विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति दिव्यमूर्तिश्चतुर्भुजः ॥ धारापतनके स्नात्वा नाकलोके स मोदते ॥
viṣṇulokam avāpnoti divyamūrtiś caturbhujaḥ || dhārāpatanake snātvā nākaloke sa modate ||
അവൻ വിഷ്ണുലോകം പ്രാപിച്ച് ദിവ്യമായ ചതുര്ഭുജ രൂപം ധരിക്കുന്നു. ധാരാപതനകത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകത്തിൽ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു.
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FAQs
It reflects how Purāṇas encode pilgrimage networks by attaching cosmological outcomes to bathing rites at named sites.
Dhārāpatanaka, presented as a tīrtha; its precise modern correlate requires regional toponymic study.
Ritual bathing is framed within a broader moral-cosmological economy of merit, implying disciplined conduct alongside tīrtha practice.
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