Varaha Purana 159.5: Adhyaya 159, Shloka 5
The Procedure and Merit of Circumambulating Mathurā
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ भद्रे शृणु महत्पुण्यं पृथिव्यां सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ परिक्रम्य यथाध्वानं प्रमाणगणितं शुभम् ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || bhadre śṛṇu mahat-puṇyaṃ pṛthivyāṃ sarvato-diśam || parikramya yathādhvānaṃ pramāṇa-gaṇitaṃ śubham ||
శ్రీ వరాహుడు పలికెను: ఓ భద్రే, వినుము—పృథివి అంతటా అన్ని దిశలలో మహాపుణ్యం ఉంది; ప్రదక్షిణచేసి మార్గపు శుభ ప్రమాణం గణించబడుతుంది।
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FAQs
It introduces an enumerative, quasi-quantitative style (pramāṇa/gaṇita) used in Purāṇas to lend structure and authority to sacred-geographic claims.
The Earth broadly (pṛthivī) is foregrounded; the chapter header indicates Mathurā as the thematic frame.
It encourages disciplined listening and structured knowledge—treating sacred geography as learnable and communicable.
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