Varaha Purana 169.28: Adhyaya 169, Shloka 28
The Greatness of Mathurā: The Ardhacandra Sacred Bathing Rite and the Procedure for the Yajñopavīta Observance
ये पापास्ते न पश्यन्ति मद्रूपा माथुरा द्विजाः ॥ एवमुक्त्वा ततः कृष्णस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
ye pāpās te na paśyanti madrūpā māthurā dvijāḥ | evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇas tatraivāntaradhīyata |
ഹേ മഥുരയിലെ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ! പാപികളായവർ എന്റെ രൂപം ദർശിക്കുകയില്ല. ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് കൃഷ്ണൻ അവിടെയേ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു.
Kṛṣṇa (direct speech); Narrator (disappearance statement)
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It links perception (seeing the divine form) with ethical status, a common Purāṇic strategy for integrating moral discourse into sacred-site narrative.
Mathurā is explicit via ‘māthurā dvijāḥ’ (the twice-born of Mathurā).
It presents ethical conduct as shaping perception and access to meaning; the verse functions as a moral-epistemic claim within the story-world.
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