Varaha Purana 202.57: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 57
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
वर्षाणां च सहस्रं तु धावमानं ततस्ततः ॥ विभिन्नं च प्रभिन्नं च शृङ्गाभ्यां पद्भिरेव च ॥
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ tu dhāvamānaṃ tatastataḥ || vibhinnaṃ ca prabhinnaṃ ca śṛṅgābhyāṃ padbhireva ca
फिर हज़ार साल तक भागता रहेगा इधर-उधर। सींगों से घायल होगा और पैरों से कुचला जाएगा।
Varāha (default narrator-instructor in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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The verse uses vivid bodily imagery typical of Purāṇic moral narration to communicate karmic consequence in a memorable, performative style.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Actions are depicted as producing embodied suffering across time, reinforcing the principle of moral accountability.
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