Varaha Purana 203.7: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 7
Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences
गर्भ एव विपद्यन्ते म्रियन्ते बालकास्तथा ॥ परिरिङ्गरताः केचिन्म्रियन्ते पुरुषाधमाः ॥
garbha eva vipadyante mriyante bālakās tathā || paririṅgaratāḥ kecin mriyante puruṣādhamāḥ ||
Manche kommen schon im Mutterleib um; ebenso sterben manche als Säuglinge. Gewisse niederträchtige Menschen sterben, während sie noch kriechen.
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It exemplifies Purāṇic moral causality by linking premature death (including miscarriage and infant death) to prior wrongdoing, a theme found across Dharma and Purāṇa literature.
No location is specified; the verse concerns life-stages (womb, infancy) rather than sacred geography.
The passage emphasizes moral accountability by portraying extreme vulnerability and early death as outcomes within a karmic framework.
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