Varaha Purana 152.65: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 65
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति पितरो यावत्स्थित्यग्रजन्मनः ॥ ये वसन्ति महाभागे मथुरामितरे जनाः ॥
tṛptiṃ prayānti pitaro yāvat sthity agrajanmanaḥ || ye vasanti mahābhāge mathurām itare janāḥ ||
అగ్రజన్ముడు (ప్రధాన పితృపురుషుడు) ఉన్నంతకాలం పితృదేవతలు తృప్తి పొందుతారు; ఓ మహాభాగ, ఇతరులు మథురలో నివసించినప్పుడు అలా జరుగుతుంది.
Varāha (default response to Pṛthivī’s question)
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It illustrates how settlement/residence (vāsa) is framed as ritually and socially meaningful, linking community life with ancestral remembrance.
Mathurā is explicitly identified as the locus where residence is associated with benefits for the pitṛs.
It underscores intergenerational responsibility: the living are portrayed as sustaining ancestral well-being through culturally sanctioned conduct.
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