Varaha Purana 195.18: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 18
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
पप्रच्छुर्विस्मयाविष्टा नाचिकेतमृषिं तदा॥ ऋषय ऊचुः॥ त्वया सर्वं यथा दृष्टं ब्रूहि तत्र विदां वर॥
papracchur vismayāviṣṭā nāciketam ṛṣiṃ tadā || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || tvayā sarvaṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ brūhi tatra vidāṃ vara
रिशि लोग हैरान रह गए। उन्होंने नचिकेत रिशि से पूछा। रिशियों ने कहा, तुमने जो भी देखा है वो सब सच-सच बताओ।
Ṛṣayaḥ (explicit: “Ṛṣaya ūcuḥ”)
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It preserves a dialogic pedagogical mode typical of Purāṇas, where inquiry by sages frames authoritative narration and moral instruction.
No terrestrial location is specified; “tatra” refers to the previously described otherworldly realm in the narrative context.
The verse models disciplined inquiry: knowledge is sought through careful questioning and faithful reporting of observed reality.
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