Varaha Purana 188.40: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 40
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
प्रेतलोकगतानां च सर्वदेवर्षिणां पुरा ॥ अग्निवर्षं शिलावर्षं तप्तं तत्र जलोदकम् ॥
pretaloka-gatānāṃ ca sarva-devarṣiṇāṃ purā || agni-varṣaṃ śilā-varṣaṃ taptaṃ tatra jalodakam ||
पहले जब देव रिशि प्रेत लोक में गए थे। वहाँ आग बरसी थी, पत्थर बरसी थे। वहाँ का पानी भी गरम था।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography where otherworldly realms are described through extreme environmental phenomena, shaping later ritual and moral imagination.
No terrestrial location is identified; the setting is the ‘preta-loka’ (a post-mortem realm).
The verse functions as a cautionary depiction that supports the broader ritual-ethical framework of assisting the deceased through prescribed rites.
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