Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 11
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
मातापितृगुरूणां च ये ऽवज्ञां चक्रुरुद्धताः मज्जन्ते पूयविम्मूत्रे त्प्रतिष्ठे ह्यधोसुखाः
mātāpitṛgurūṇāṃ ca ye 'vajñāṃ cakruruddhatāḥ majjante pūyavimmūtre tpratiṣṭhe hyadhosukhāḥ
जो उद्धत होकर माता, पिता और गुरु का अपमान करते हैं, वे ‘त्प्रतिष्ठा’ नामक नरक में पीप, मूत्र और मल में डूबते हैं और केवल अधम सुख भोगते हैं।
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FAQs
The verse upholds the foundational dharmic triad—mother, father, and teacher—as immediate embodiments of obligation and gratitude. Contempt toward them is treated as a collapse of moral order, leading to degrading consequences that mirror the inner impurity of arrogance.
Like other naraka/karmaphala passages, it is ancillary ethical instruction rather than a direct exposition of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita. It supports Purāṇic dharma-teaching embedded within narrative frames.
Sinking in filth externalizes the spiritual degradation caused by avajñā (disrespect). The named hell functions as a moral cartography: arrogance (uddhatā) yields an environment of impurity, indicating that dishonor toward sources of life and learning corrupts one’s very ground (pratiṣṭhā).