In that sacred land, I shall delight in playful sport alongside the cows and the cowherd folk. Amidst a great and blessed pool, thickly covered with lush bushes and winding creepers, I find joy, reveling there in the company of Gandharvas and Apsarases, the celestial musicians and dancers. Now listen, for I shall speak of another holy place, one whose sanctity is so powerful that it destroys even the gravest of sins. This is the very spot where the mighty Keśī was slain—a tīrtha a hundred times more meritorious than others. Its virtue is beyond doubt, a hundredfold in its blessings. There, by offering piṇḍa, one receives the same reward as at the famed Gayā, ensuring the highest benefit for departed ancestors. On this earth, there also exist the Sūrya-tīrthas, holy places named after the twelve radiant Ādityas. It was here that I subdued Kāliya, the venomous serpent, and established the Ādityas themselves. The Ādityas prayed, “May bathing at this excellent tīrtha be granted to us.” Hearing their request, after my playful pastimes, I granted their wish. In this sacred place, one who departs from their mortal body attains my own divine world. Thus concludes the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter of the glorious Varāha Purāṇa, in the section revealing the greatness of Mathurā—a chapter known as “The Manifestation of Mathurā.” Now, let us turn to the praise of bathing and sacred acts at Malayārjuna and other tīrthas. Having crossed the Yamunā at that very place, O great sage, you will come upon the spot where a cart was overturned, and the pots and jars of a humble hut were shattered. This event is remembered especially on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha. On that day, after bathing and restraining the senses, one becomes pure in the sacred waters of the Yamunā, mastering the mind and body. Even those born in our lineage, when immersed in the waters of the Kalindi (Yamunā), are blessed. The ancestors in the other world ever sing the praises of one who offers oblations in the Yamunā, declaring, “Blessed is he who performs these rites here!” Whoever bathes in these holy waters, O Devi, is honored in the realm of Rudra and, without doubt, attains my own world. Each day, the auspicious Ādityas are seen at this place. Freed from all sins, a man who bathes here attains the radiant world of the Sun. Near the abode of the Sun, there is a well of pure water. Bathing there, O Earth, grants one a dwelling where one may move at will, unbound by worldly limitations. There is also a secret, supreme field of mine called Virasthala. He who bathes there and remains for one night, O Earth, and then departs from life at that place, attains my divine world. Bathing there, O Devi, brings honor in the realm of Brahma. These five sacred places are renowned throughout the worlds as destroyers of great sins. In this holy region, there is a deity named Gopīśvara, the destroyer of grievous transgressions. Here, Hari himself created forms of the gopis for his divine play. At that time, too, the cart was broken, along with the hut’s pots and jars, all enveloped in righteousness and artfully concealed by playful pretense. In this blessed place, the god—adorned in the attire of a cowherd—was consecrated, his form bathed by the circle of cowherd women and embellished with golden earrings. Mātali, the celestial charioteer, installed and worshipped the lord of the cowherds here. Nearby, there is a well called Saptasāmudrika, filled with pure water. Such are the glories of these tīrthas, O sage, where every act of devotion and purity brings the highest rewards, and the presence of the Divine is felt in every leaf, every ripple of water, and every joyous pastime.