Varaha Purana 202.22: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 22
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
तस्मा अन्नं च पानं च न दातव्यं कदाचन ॥ हतविश्वास्य हन्तारं वह्नौ शीघ्रं प्रपाचय
tasmā annaṃ ca pānaṃ ca na dātavyaṃ kadācana || hata-viśvāsya hantāraṃ vahnau śīghraṃ prapācaya
इसलिए उसको न खाना दो, न पानी। जो किसी का भरोसा तोड़ के मारता है, उसको आग में जल्दी जला दो।
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It foregrounds trust as a social value and uses extreme punitive imagery to emphasize the perceived severity of betrayal-linked violence in Purāṇic moral discourse.
No geographic reference is present.
Betrayal of trust coupled with killing is presented as an especially grave moral violation.
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