Varaha Purana 121.7: Adhyaya 121, Shloka 7
Avoidance of Rebirth in the Womb: Ethical Conduct and the Prevention of Degraded Rebirth
कुयोनिं तु न गच्छेत मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥
kuyoniṁ tu na gaccheta mama lokaṁ sa gacchati || anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare
ऐसा इंसान बुरी जगह नहीं जाता। वो मेरे पास आता है। और मैं तुम्हे और भी बताता हूँ, धरती सुनो।
Varāha
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It summarizes karmic-ethical causality in Purāṇic form: moral character is presented as influencing the quality of rebirth and the aspirational afterlife destination.
No specific location is named; “mama loka” is a theological/otherworldly realm reference rather than a terrestrial site.
Adopt the enumerated virtues to avoid harmful life outcomes (kuyoni) and to cultivate a higher soteriological goal.
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