Varaha Purana 202.12: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 12
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
इमं तु खलकं कृत्वा दुरात्मा पापकाणिम् ॥ दायादा बहवो येन स्वार्थहेतोर्विनाशिताः ॥
imaṃ tu khalakaṃ kṛtvā durātmā pāpakāriṇam || dāyādā bahavo yena svārthahetor vināśitāḥ ||
यह आदमी बड़ा कमीना बन गया है। इसका मन बुरा है और यह बड़े पाप करता है। इसने अपने फायदे के लिए बहुत सारे वारिस को बरबाद कर दिया।
Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects the importance of inheritance ethics and kinship obligations in classical South Asian social thought, framed through Purāṇic moral narrative.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
Self-interested actions that ruin heirs and disrupt familial justice are condemned as serious moral violations.
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