There is another story to illustrate how important a tiratha Mathura is. There was a vaishya named Supatha who had not performed any good deeds in his life. When he died, he became a ghost 9preta0. The ghost lived in the hollow of a tree. It once managed to catch hold of another vaishya named Vipatha who happened to be passing by. Vipatha was a resident of Mathura. He was also a righteous person who served his parents well, gave alms and offered oblations to his dead ancestors. The ghost asked Vipatha to perform oblations for him as well, so that he might be freed. As soon as this was done, Supatha was freed. Oblations performed by a resident of Mathura never fail to yield the desired benefit.

There is a tirtha named Asikunda in Mathura and that too has a story associated with it. There used to be a king named Sumati. Sumati decided to visit all the tirthas. But bedore he could complete this tour, fell ill and died. The kingdom passed to his son Vimati. The sage Narada told Vimati that it was his duty as a son to complete the task that his father had set out to perform. He should complete the tour of the tirthas and hand over the punya thus acquired to his dead father. But instead of visiting all the tirthas, Vimati began to live in Mathura. He regarded this as being far superior to visiting all the other tirthas. The other tirthas felt threatened and pleaded with Vishnu. In response, Vishnu cut off Vimati’s head with a sword (asi). The place where this event took place became a tirtha named Asikunda.