Varaha Purana 202.47: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 47
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
इमं ह्यानृतितकं दुष्टं क्षेत्रहारकमेव च ॥ स्वकर्म दुष्कृतं यावत्तावद्दुःखं भुनक्त्वसौ
imaṃ hyānṛtikaṃ duṣṭaṃ kṣetrahārakam eva ca || svakarma duṣkṛtaṃ yāvat tāvad duḥkhaṃ bhunaktv asau
झूठा आदमी बुरा है, और जो ज़मीन चुराता है वो भी। जब तक उसका बुरा काम खत्म नहीं होता, तब तक दुख पाता है।
Varāha (default, instructor voice)
FAQs
It preserves a moral-legal view of land rights and social stability, echoing broader Indic concerns about boundary, ownership, and truthful conduct.
No geographic site is named; “kṣetra” refers generally to arable land/fields.
Fraud and land-theft are presented as enduring causes of suffering proportional to the wrongdoing.
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