Varaha Purana 199.1: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 1
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
पुनः संसारचक्रयातनास्वरूपवर्णनम् ॥ ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ॥ तस्मिन् क्षितितलं सर्वमायसैः कण्टकैश्चितम् ॥ प्रभवन्ति पुनः केचिद्विषमं तमसाश्रितम्
punaḥ saṁsāra-cakra-yātanā-svarūpa-varṇanam || ṛṣi-putra uvāca || tasmin kṣiti-talaṁ sarvam āyasaiḥ kaṇṭakaiś citam || prabhavanti punaḥ kecid viṣamaṁ tamasāśritam
Erneut wird die Natur der Qualen beschrieben, die zum Rad des Saṁsāra gehören. Der Sohn des Ṛṣi sprach: „An jenem Ort ist die ganze Erdfläche mit eisernen Dornen bedeckt; und wiederum entstehen dort einige, die in ein raues, von Finsternis umhülltes Gelände eintreten.“
Ṛṣiputra (explicit)
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The verse introduces a thematic unit on saṁsāra and suffering, using standardized Purāṇic descriptive conventions that aid in mapping doctrinal and narrative developments across manuscripts.
No identifiable earthly geography is given; the setting is a conceptual/otherworldly landscape used to represent suffering.
It frames existence within saṁsāra as bound up with suffering, implicitly encouraging ethical restraint as a response to karmic consequence.
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