Varaha Purana 194.12: Adhyaya 194, Shloka 12
The Return of Naciketas from Yama’s Abode: Inquiry into Death, Karma, and Dharmic Release
ऋषयश्च महाभागा द्विजाश्च सुमहाव्रताः ॥ यन्मे वत्स पुनः प्राप्तो यमलोकाद्दुरासदात् ॥
ṛṣayaś ca mahābhāgā dvijāś ca sumahāvratāḥ || yan me vatsa punaḥ prāpto yamalokād durāsadāt ||
बड़े-बड़े रिशि और ब्राह्मण थे वहाँ, सब अपने व्रत में लगे हुए। उन्होंने सोचा, मेरा बेटा वापस आ गया है यमराज के लोक से। वहाँ से आना कितना मुश्किल है, फिर भी आ गया।
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic adaptation of afterlife motifs (Yamaloka) and ascetic communities (ṛṣis, dvijas), illustrating how narrative theology and ethical discipline are framed in classical Sanskrit literature.
No terrestrial geographic site is named; the verse references Yamaloka, a mythic-eschatological realm associated with Yama in Sanskrit textual traditions.
The verse foregrounds the value placed on disciplined vows (vrata) and the emotionally charged recognition of life, death, and return within a moral cosmos.
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