Varaha Purana 194.31: Adhyaya 194, Shloka 31
The Return of Naciketas from Yama’s Abode: Inquiry into Death, Karma, and Dharmic Release
जितात्मानः कथं यान्ति कथं गच्छति पापकृत् ॥ यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्टं यथा चैवावधारितम् ॥
jitātmānaḥ kathaṃ yānti kathaṃ gacchati pāpakṛt || yathāśrutaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathā caivāvadhāritam ||
जो अपने ऊपर कंट्रोल रखते हैं, वो कैसे जाते हैं? और जो बुरा काम करते हैं, वो कैसे जाते हैं? जो सुना है, जो देखा है, जो समझ में आया है, वैसे ही बताओ।
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; inquirer voice)
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It frames an ethical-eschatological inquiry typical of Purāṇic discourse, requesting knowledge grounded in received tradition (śruti-like hearing), testimony (seeing), and reasoned ascertainment.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
Self-mastery (jita-ātman) is implicitly valorized, while wrongdoing (pāpa) is treated as leading to a different post-mortem trajectory.
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