Mathura-mandala covers twenty yojanas [160 miles] of land. One who bathes anywhere in Mathura is freed from his sins. Adi-varaha Purana confirms this in the following statement: “As darkness is vanquished by the sunrise, as mountains tremble in fear of thunder, as snakes fear Garuda, as clouds are removed by the blowing wind, as miseries are destroyed through the cultivation of knowledge, and as deer mtremble in fear of lions, so are sins destroyed by the sight of Mathura.”
-Raghava Pandita describes the glories of Mathura.

Translated by Avtari Gaura Dasa.