Varaha Purana 177.57: Adhyaya 177, Shloka 57
The Curse of Sāmba and the Prescribed Observance of Sun-Worship
कृष्णः शशाप साम्बं तु विरूपत्वं भविष्यति ॥ शापयुक्तः स साम्बस्तु कुष्ठयुक्तोऽभवत्क्षणात् ॥
kṛṣṇaḥ śaśāpa sāṁbaṁ tu virūpatvaṁ bhaviṣyati || śāpayuktaḥ sa sāṁbas tu kuṣṭhayukto ’bhavat kṣaṇāt ||
कृष्ण ने साम्ब को श्राप दे दिया। बोला, अब तुम्हारा चेहरा बिगड़ जाएगा। श्राप लगते ही साम्ब को बीमारी हो गई। तुरंत उसके बदन पर दाग निकल आए।
Varāha (default narrative frame)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic motif—royal/divine figures narrating moral causality through the immediate effect of a śāpa—useful for comparing ethical narrative structures across Purāṇas.
No explicit location is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the personal transformation of Sāmba due to the curse.
Actions and social transgressions are framed as having consequences; the narrative encodes accountability through the trope of immediate karmic fruition.
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