Varaha Purana 199.37: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 37
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
क्वचित्स्थूलैस्तथा बद्धः उद्बद्धश्च क्वचित्तथा॥ हाहाभयानकोन्मिश्रः शब्दोऽश्रूयत दारुणः॥
kvacit sthūlais tathā baddhaḥ udbaddhaś ca kvacit tathā || hāhābhayānakonmiśraḥ śabdo 'śrūyata dāruṇaḥ
कहीं लोग मोटी रस्सी से बंधे हैं। कहीं से खुल गए। डरावनी आवाज़ सुनाई दी, हा-हा की चिल्लाहट और डर की आवाज़ मिल के आ रही थी।
Varāha
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It demonstrates a narrative technique common to Purāṇas: alternating states (bound/unbound) and intense auditory cues to heighten moral seriousness.
No terrestrial location appears; the verse describes conditions within an infernal setting.
The verse presents fear and restraint as consequences within the text’s ethical storytelling, discouraging actions labeled as wrongdoing.
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