Varaha Purana 92.2: Adhyaya 92, Shloka 2
The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas
गुरुपत्नी राजपत्नी तथा सामन्तयोषितः । जिघृक्षन् नश्यते राजा तथागम्यागमेन च ॥
gurupatnī rājapatnī tathā sāmantayoṣitaḥ | jighṛkṣan naśyate rājā tathāgamyāgamena ca ||
ગુરુપત્ની, બીજા રાજાની પત્ની અથવા સામંતોની સ્ત્રીઓને ભોગવવા ઇચ્છનાર રાજા નાશ પામે છે; તેમજ અગમ્યાગમનરૂપ નિષિદ્ધ સંબંધોથી પણ તેનો વિનાશ થાય છે।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a classical rāja-nīti concern: the stability of kingship depends on restraint, especially regarding protected women connected to teachers, rival rulers, and subordinate elites.
No geographic toponym is present in this verse.
A ruler must avoid illicit sexual relations—particularly with socially protected women—because such acts are portrayed as politically and morally ruinous.
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