Varaha Purana 198.47: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 47
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
कूष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च लम्बमानाः भयानकाः ॥ अतिक्रम्य च ते स्कन्धास्तीक्ष्णकण्टकसङ्कुलाः ॥
kūṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāś ca lambamānā bhayānakāḥ || atikramya ca te skandhās tīkṣṇakaṇṭakasaṅkulāḥ ||
कुष्मांड और यातुधान नाम के भूत-प्रेत लटके हुए थे, बिल्कुल डरावने। उनके कंधों में तेज़ काँटे थे।
Varāha
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It preserves mythic taxonomies (kūṣmāṇḍa, yātudhāna) that appear across Sanskrit literature, showing continuity in the vocabulary of fear, punishment, and moral pedagogy.
No terrestrial geography is specified; the description is symbolic and otherworldly.
The thorn-filled imagery reinforces the notion that harmful actions lead to painful consequences, expressed through concrete sensory metaphors.
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