Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 6
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
यन्त्रः फलादिहरणं यमनं योगनाशनम् यानयुग्यस्य हरणं षष्ठमुक्तं नृपाचनम्
yantraḥ phalādiharaṇaṃ yamanaṃ yoganāśanam yānayugyasya haraṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhamuktaṃ nṛpācanam
फलों आदि की चोरी के लिए ‘यन्त्र’ (नरक) है; दूसरे के ‘योग’ का नाश करने पर ‘यमन’ है; और वाहनों तथा जुए में जुते पशुओं की चोरी पर ‘यानयुग्यहरण’ है। छठा नरक ‘नृपाचन’ कहा गया है।
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FAQs
The verse clusters ‘appropriation’ harms: petty theft of produce (phalādi-haraṇa), theft of transport resources (yāna/yugya), and a more subtle harm—undermining another’s ‘yoga’, i.e., sabotaging spiritual discipline or an established beneficial arrangement/means.
Not necessarily. In Purāṇic dharma usage, yoga can denote spiritual discipline, but also a ‘means/connection/arrangement’. Thus yoga-nāśana can include obstructing vows, rites, study, or even deliberately ruining someone’s settled livelihood-supporting arrangement when framed as their ‘yoga’.
The śloka appears to be part of a running catalogue where some narakas are paired with sins and others are referenced by ordinal position. Nṛpācana is identified as the sixth in the sequence; its detailed cause may be given in adjacent verses or earlier/later in the chapter’s list.