Varaha Purana 167.29: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 29
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
अनाचारादि हेतोश्च राक्षसत्वमुपागतः ॥ आत्मानं कथयामास विप्राग्रे स यथायथम् ॥
anācārādi hetoś ca rākṣasatvam upāgataḥ || ātmānaṃ kathayāmāsa viprāgre sa yathāyatham
अपने बुरे काम के कारण वो राक्षस बना। ब्राह्मण के सामने उसने अपनी पूरी कहानी बता दी।
Narrator (implicit)
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It preserves a didactic explanation of transformation grounded in conduct (ācāra), aligning narrative events with ethical causality.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse; it focuses on ethical causation and testimony.
It emphasizes ācāra (right conduct) and the value of truthful self-reporting as part of moral reckoning.
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