Varaha Purana 160.75: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 75
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
मथुराक्रमणं कृत्वा विपाप्मानो भवन्ति ते ॥ अन्यदेशागतो दूरात्परिभ्रमति यो नरः ॥
mathurākramanaṃ kṛtvā vipāpmāno bhavanti te || anyadeśāgato dūrāt paribhramati yo naraḥ ||
ครั้นได้กระทำการเวียนประทักษิณ/จาริก ณ มถุราแล้ว เขาย่อมเป็นผู้พ้นบาป และบุรุษผู้มาจากแดนอื่นอันไกลแล้วเที่ยวจาริกไป—
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It highlights long-distance pilgrimage (anyadeśāgataḥ dūrāt), indicating interregional mobility and the social networks implied by tīrtha culture.
Mathurā is explicitly named; it is widely identified with modern Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
It frames pilgrimage visitation as a means of moral rehabilitation, expressed through the idiom of becoming ‘free from taint’ (vipāpmāna).
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