Varaha Purana 187.89: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 89
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
मूढः स्नेहप्रभावेण कृत्वा हिंसानृते तथा ॥ पच्यते नरके घोरे ह्यात्मदोषैर्वसुन्धरे ॥
mūḍhaḥ snehaprabhāveṇa kṛtvā hiṃsānṛte tathā | pacyate narake ghore hyātmadoṣair vasundhare ||
जो इंसान पागल हो के अपने प्यार में फंस गया, वो हिंसा और झूठ करता है। वो नरक में पकता है, बहुत बुरी जगह। अपने ही पाप उसे पकड़ते हैं।
Varāha (default, instructor voice; vocative indicates address to Pṛthivī/Vasundharā)
FAQs
It shows a characteristic Purāṇic moral causal chain: attachment (sneha) → ethical transgression (hiṃsā/anṛta) → suffering (naraka), framed as self-generated (ātma-doṣa).
The verse addresses Vasundharā (Earth) as an interlocutor, but does not specify a particular place-name.
Do not let attachment excuse violence or falsehood; the text emphasizes personal responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions.
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