Varaha Purana 202.36: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 36
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
वर्षाणां तु शतं पञ्च तत्र क्लिष्टो दुरात्मवान् ॥ कृमिको जायते पश्चाद्विष्ठायां कृमिकोऽपरः ॥
varṣāṇāṃ tu śataṃ pañca tatra kliṣṭo durātmavān || kṛmiko jāyate paścād viṣṭhāyāṃ kṛmiko'paraḥ ||
सौ पाँच साल तक वो बुरा आदमी वहाँ तकलीफ उठाता है। फिर वो कीड़ा बन जाता है। उसके बाद गोबर में एक और कीड़ा बन जाता है।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic didactic mode: vivid post-mortem consequences (naraka and degraded rebirth) used to communicate karmic causality in an accessible narrative register.
No specific sacred site or geographic toponym is named in this verse; it functions as a general ethical-cosmological description.
Actions understood as gravely unethical are portrayed as resulting in prolonged suffering and rebirth in degraded forms, reinforcing moral accountability.
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