Varaha Purana 198.34: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 34
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
यथाकाममयं पश्येद्धर्मराजपुरोत्तमम् ॥ एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा गच्छ गच्छेति चाब्रवीत्
yathākāmam ayaṃ paśyed dharmarājapurottamam || evam uktvā mahātejā gaccha gaccheti cābravīt
वो जब चाहे धर्मराज की शहर देख सके। इतना बोलके वो चले गए और बोले, जाओ जाओ।
Narrator (speaker not explicit; default narrative voice within Varāha–Pṛthivī frame)
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic “vision” motif—authorized seeing of otherworldly realms—used to communicate moral cosmology through narrative experience.
“Dharmarājapura” is not a terrestrial site but an otherworldly locale within Purāṇic cosmography.
The verse implies regulated access and permission within moral order—vision is granted through authorization rather than taken by force.
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