Varaha Purana 202.34: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 34
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
यन्त्रेण पीड्यतां क्षिप्रं ततः पश्चाद्विमुच्यताम् ॥ दीप्यतां ज्वलने घोरे वर्षाणां च शतद्वयम्
yantreṇa pīḍyatāṃ kṣipraṃ tataḥ paścād vimucyatām || dīpyatāṃ jvalane ghore varṣāṇāṃ ca śatadvayam
उसे जल्दी से यन्तन से सज़ा दो। फिर उसे छोड़ दो। फिर उसे दो सौ साल तक आग में जलाओ, बहुत बड़ी आग में।
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It exemplifies the didactic use of vivid penal imagery and precise time spans to communicate moral causality in Purāṇic literature.
No geographic location is identified; the setting is punitive/otherworldly.
The passage reinforces that harmful conduct is linked (in the text’s moral framework) to intense, prolonged consequences.
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