The Adi-Varaha Purana says, “Oh Devi, the Yamuna River that traverses through My Mathura Mandala is one hundred times greater than the River Ganges. All the most important holy places are located there; anyone who bathes there will be glorified in my Supreme Abode of Goloka Vrindavana.” The Padma Purana says, “Shri Krishna, who is the cause of all causes, the embodiment of truth, consciousness and bliss, who is the true rasikananda, who is glorified by the Upanishads as the Supreme Brahman, is Himself appearing as the river Yamuna.”
In the Skanda Purana it says, “Just as a piece of iron is transformed into gold by being touched by a touchstone, similarly by the touch of the Yamuna’s water, a sinful person becomes pious.” The Padma Purana says, “If someone dies on the bank of Yamuna within the Mathura Mandala, he achieves the same features as Lord Vishnu.”
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