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Varaha Purana 195.15: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 15

Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm

Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution

अज्ञानादव्रती यश्च यश्चाश्रमबहिष्कृतः ॥ विप्रकीर्णप्रतिग्राही सूचकस्तीर्थनाशकः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 195.15

ajñānād avratī yaś ca yaś cāśramabahiṣkṛtaḥ | viprakīrṇapratigrāhī sūcakas tīrthanāśakaḥ ||

जो नहीं जानता फिर भी व्रत नहीं रखता। जो आश्रम से निकाल दिया गया हो। जो किसी से भी पैसे ले लेता है। जो लोगों की शिकायत करता है। और जो तीर्थ को खराब करता है।

अज्ञानात्from ignorance
अज्ञानात्:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause: from/through ignorance)
अव्रतीone without vows/observances
अव्रती:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअ-व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
आश्रम-बहिष्कृतःexpelled from an āśrama (order/stage)
आश्रम-बहिष्कृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP): बहिष्कृतः; तत्पुरुष: आश्रमात् बहिष्कृतः
विप्र-कीर्ण-प्रतिग्राहीone who accepts (alms/gifts) gathered from brāhmaṇas
विप्र-कीर्ण-प्रतिग्राही:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्ण (कृदन्त; √कॄ/कीर् धातु) + प्रतिग्राहिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √ग्रह् धातु-निष्पन्न)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (one who accepts what is scattered/collected among brāhmaṇas)
सूचकःinformer / spy / accuser
सूचकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तीर्थ-नाशकःdestroyer of holy places/pilgrimage
तीर्थ-नाशकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशक (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् धातु-निष्पन्न)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Varāha (default, dialogue framework)

P
Purāṇic Literature
P
Pilgrimage studies (textual)
D
Dharma-śāstra themes
M
Moral taxonomy

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It shows how Purāṇic ethics address both personal discipline (vrata/āśrama norms) and protection of culturally significant places (tīrthas), linking moral order with heritage stewardship.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse refers to pilgrimage sites generically.

It criticizes lack of discipline, social/religious unreliability (indiscriminate gift-taking, informing), and especially harm to tīrthas as cultural-religious heritage spaces.

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