Varaha Purana 152.1: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 1
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
अथ मथुरातीर्थ प्रशंसा ॥ सूत उवाच ॥ श्रुत्वा देवस्य माहात्म्यं लोहर्गलनिवासिनः ॥ त्रैलोक्यनाथाधिपतेर्विस्मयं परमं गता ॥
atha mathurātīrtha-praśaṃsā || sūta uvāca || śrutvā devasya māhātmyaṃ lohārgalanivāsinaḥ || trailokyanāthādhipater vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatā ||
Sūta berkata: Setelah mendengar keagungan Tuhan yang bersemayam di Lohārgala, mereka dipenuhi rasa takjub yang tertinggi terhadap Penguasa, Tuhan bagi tiga alam.
Sūta
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It frames the chapter as a tīrtha-māhātmya passage, a common Purāṇic genre used to map cultural heritage landscapes and pilgrimage memory through narrative praise.
Lohārgala is named as a sacred site; in scholarship it is generally treated as a tīrtha associated with North Indian pilgrimage circuits, often discussed alongside Mathurā-region sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes attentive listening to sacred-historical accounts (māhātmya) as a means of cultivating reverence and reflective wonder rather than prescribing coercive belief.
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