Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
अज्ञानादव्रती यश्च यश्चाश्रमबहिष्कृतः ॥ विप्रकीर्णप्रतिग्राही सूचकस्तीर्थनाशकः ॥
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।
Varāha (default, dialogue framework)
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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