Varaha Purana 175.16: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 16
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
तेन सार्थेन सा कन्या मथुरायां जगाम च॥ कनिष्ठा भगिनी तेषां बालरण्डा बभूव ह॥
tena sārthena sā kanyā mathurāyāṃ jagāma ca || kaniṣṭhā bhaginī teṣāṃ bālaraṇḍā babhūva ha
तेन सार्थेन सा कन्या मथुरायां जगाम च। तेषां कनिष्ठा भगिनी बाल्ये एव विधवा बभूव ह॥
Varāha (default narrative voice) to Pṛthivī (inquirer framework)
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It hints at travel infrastructure (sārtha) and social vulnerability (early widowhood), themes that appear in narrative literature as catalysts for later ethical and ritual developments.
Mathurā is explicitly named.
The verse is primarily descriptive; ethically it sets a context of social precarity that later Purāṇic passages often address through norms of care and support.
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