Varaha Purana 200.38: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 38
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
दश तत्र लताः शूलाः कुम्भीपाकास्त्रयोदश ॥ याति पापमहोरात्रं तस्मिन्नियमितेन तु
daśa tatra latāḥ śūlāḥ kumbhīpākās trayodaśa || yāti pāpam ahorātraṃ tasmin niyamitena tu
वहाँ दस लकड़ी के बने शूल होते हैं। और तेरह जगह होती हैं जहाँ बड़े बनते हैं। पापी दिन रात वही रहता है। उसको वहाँ से हिलने भी नहीं देते।
Varāha (default speaker framework)
FAQs
The verse uses enumerative cataloguing (ten, thirteen) characteristic of Purāṇic compendia, aiding memorization and systematic presentation.
“Kumbhīpāka” is a named punitive station/realm within the afterlife cosmography, not a terrestrial site in this excerpt.
The sinner is depicted as subjected to structured constraints, reinforcing the idea of an ordered moral consequence system.
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