Garga Samhita · Chapter 5.25

śrīmathurāmāhātmyavarṇanam
bahulāśva uvāca -
akasmādāgate rāme tatra tīrthamidaṃ śrutam /
aho madhupurī dhanyā yatra sannihitaśca saḥ

mathurāyāstu ko devaḥ kaḥ kṣattā kaśca rakṣati /
kaścāraḥ ko maṃtrivaraḥ kairbhūmistatra sevitā

śrīnārada uvāca -
paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣācchrīkṛṣṇo bhagavān hariḥ /
svayaṃ hi mathurānāthaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ

sākṣād‌bhagavatā prāptaḥ kapilāya dvijāya ca /
kapilaḥ pradadau yaṃ vai prasannaḥ śatamanyave

jitvā devān rākṣasendro rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ /
yaṃ stutvā puṣpake sthāpya laṃkāyāṃ tamapūjayat

jitvā laṃkāṃ rāghavendrastamānīya prayat‍nataḥ /
ayodhyāyāṃ ca vārāhamarcayāmāsa maithila

stutvā rāmaṃ ca śatrughno yamanīya prayat‍nataḥ /
mathurāyāṃ mahāpuryāṃ sthāpayitvā nanāma ha

sevito māthuraiḥ sarveḥ sarveṣāṃ ca varapradaḥ /
sākṣātkapilavārāhaḥ so'yaṃ maṃtrivaraḥ smṛtaḥ

kṣattā śrīmathurāyāśca nāmnā bhūteśvaraḥ śivaḥ /
dattvā daṇḍaṃ pātakine bhaktyarthānmaṃtratāṃ vrajat

caṇḍikā tu mahāvidyā devī durgārtināśinī /
siṃhārūḍhā sadā rakṣāṃ mathurāyāḥ karoti hi

cāro'haṃ mathurāyāśca paśyam̐llokānitastataḥ /
vadāmi vārtāṃ sarveṣāṃ śrīkṛṣṇāya mahātmane

madhye vai mathurā devī śubhadā karuṇāmayī /
bubhukṣitebhyaḥ sarvebhyo dadātyannaṃ videharāṭ

caturbhujā śyāmalāṃgā vrajaṃti pravrajanti ca /
mathurāyāṃ mṛtaṃ netuṃ vimānaiḥ kṛṣṇapārṣadāḥ

śrīkṛṣṇasyāṃgasaṃbhūtā mathurā vai mahāpurī /
yasyā darśanamātreṇa naro yāti kṛtārthatām

purā vidhiḥ śrīmathurāmupetya
taptvā tapo varṣaśataṃ nirannaḥ /
japanharīṃ brahma paraṃ svayambhūḥ
svāyambhuvaṃ prāpa sutaṃ pravīṇam

bhūteśvaro devavaraḥ satīpati-
staptvā tapo divyaśaranmadhorvane /
kṛṣṇaprasādānnṛparāja satvaraṃ
tasyāḥ pure māthuramaṇḍalasya

kṛṣṇaprasādādahameva cāro
bhramansadā māthuramaṇḍalasya /
tathā hi durgā mathurāṃ prayāti
śrīkṛṣṇadāsyaṃ prakaroti nūnam

taptvā tapaḥ śakrapadaṃ ca śakraḥ
sūryo manuṃ nityanidhiṃ kuberaḥ /
pāśī ca pāśaṃ samavāpya samya-
ṅ‌madhorvane viṣṇupadaṃ dhruvaśca

tathāṃbarīṣaḥ samavāpa muktiṃ
somo'kṣayaṃ vā lavaṇājjayaṃ ca /
raghuśca siddhiṃ kila citraketu-
staptvā tapo'traiva madhorvane ca

taptvā tapo'traiva madhorvane śubhe
bhūtvā baliṣṭhaśca madhurmahāsuraḥ /
śrīmādhave māsi ca mādhavena
yuyodha yuddhe madhusūdanena saḥ

saptarṣayaḥ śrīmathurāṃ sametya
taptvā tapo'traiva ca yogasiddhim /
prāpuḥ pare vai munayaḥ samaṃtā- ‌
d‌gokarṇavaiśyo'pi mahānidhiṃ ca

taptvā tapo'traiva madhorvane śubhe
vijitya devān divi lokarāvaṇaḥ /
nidhāya rakṣāṃsi vidhāya maṃdira-
māsthāya laṃkāṃ virarāja rāvaṇaḥ

taptvā tapo'traiva madhorvane śubhe
gajāhvayeśo mithileśa śaṃtanuḥ /
lebhe sutaṃ bhīṣmamatīva sattama
tatvārthavārāṃnidhikarṇadhārakam

bahulāśva uvāca -
mathurāyāśca māhātmyaṃ vada devarṣisattam /
nivāse kiṃ phalaṃ proktaṃ mathurāyāḥ satāṃ nṛṇām

śrīnārada uvāca -
ādau varāho dharaṇīṃ nimagnāṃ
mahājale projjhitavīciśaṃke /
svadaṃṣṭrayoddhṛtya karīva padmaṃ
kareṇa māhātmyamidaṃ jagāda

bruvañjano nāma phalaṃ harerlabhet
śṛṇvam̐llabhetkṛṣṇakathāphalaṃ naraḥ /
spṛśansatāṃ sparśanajaṃ madhoḥ puri
jighraṃstulasyā dalagaṃdhajaṃ phalam

paśyanharerdarśanajaṃ phalaṃ svato
bhakṣaṃśca naivedyabhavaṃ ramāpateḥ /
kurvan bhujābhyāṃ harisevayā phalaṃ
gaccham̐llabhettīrthaphalaṃ pade pade

rājeṃdrahaṃtā nijagotraghātakī
trailokyahaṃtā'pi ca koṭijanmasu /
rājañchṛṇu tvaṃ mathurānivāsato
yogīśvarāṇāṃ gatimāpnuyānnaraḥ

pādau ca dhigyau na gatau madhorvanaṃ
dṛśau ca dhigye na kadāpi paśyataḥ /
karṇau ca dhigyau śṛṇuto na maithila
vācaṃ ca dhigyā na karotyalaṃ manāk

dvisaptakoṭīni vanāni yatra
tīrthāni vaideha samāsthitāni /
ekaikameteṣu vimuktidāni
vadāmi sākṣānmathurāṃ namāmi

golokanāthaḥ paripūrṇadevaḥ
sākṣādasaṃkhyāṇḍapatiḥ svayaṃ hi /
śrīkṛṣṇacaṃdro'vatatāra yasyāṃ
tasyai namo'nyāsu purīṣu kiṃ vā

yannāma pāpaṃ vinihaṃti tatkṣaṇaṃ
bhavatyalaṃ yāṃ gṛṇato'pi muktayaḥ /
vīthīṣu vīthīṣu ca muktirasyāḥ
tasmādimāṃ śreṣṭhatamāṃ vidurbudhāḥ

kāśyādipuryo yadi santi loke
tāsāṃ tu madhye mathuraiva dhanyā /
yā janmamauṃjīvratamatyudārai-
rnṛṇāṃ caturdhā vidadhāti muktim

purīśvarīṃ kṛṣṇapurīṃ vrajeśvarīṃ
tīrtheśvarīṃ yajñataponidhīśvarīm /
mokṣapradāṃ dharmadhuraṃdharāṃ parāṃ
madhorvane śrīmathurāṃ namāmyaham

śṛṇvanti māhātmyamidaṃ madhoḥ puraḥ
kṛṣṇaikacittā niyatāśca yatra ye /
vrajaṃti te tatra parikramātphalaṃ
vaideha rājendra na cātra saṃśayaḥ

khaṇḍaṃ tvidaṃ śrīmathurāpurasya ye
śṛṇvanti gāyaṃti paṭhanti sarvataḥ /
ihaiva teṣāṃ hi samṛddhisiddhayo
bhavanti vaideha nisargataḥ sadā

triḥsaptakṛtvo bahuvaibhavārthinaḥ
śrṛṇvanti cainaṃ niyatāśca ye bhṛśam /
teṣāṃ gṛhadvāramalaṃkaroti hi
bhṛṃgāvalī kuñjarakarṇatāḍitā

vipro'tha vidvān vijayī nṛpātmajo
vaiśyo nidhīśo vṛṣalo'pi nirmalaḥ /
śrutvedamārācca manoratho bhavet
strīṇāṃ janānāmatidurlabho'pi hi

niṣkāraṇo bhaktiyuto mahītale
śṛṇoti cedaṃ harilagnamānasaḥ /
vijitya vighnān pravijitya nākapān
golokadhāmapravaraṃ prayāti saḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ mathurākhaṃḍe śrīnāradabahulāśvasaṃvāde
mathurāmāhātmyaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ