Varaha Purana 202.9: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 9
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
ग्रामयाजनकं विप्रमध्रुवं दाम्भिकं शठम् ॥ बद्ध्वा तु बन्धने घोरे दीयतां तु न किञ्चन ॥
grāmayājanakaṃ vipram adhruvaṃ dāmbhikaṃ śaṭham || baddhvā tu bandhane ghore dīyatāṃ tu na kiñcana ||
जो पंडित गाँव में गलत पूजा करता है। जो सीधा नहीं चलता, झूठा है और धोखेबाज़ है। उसे पकड़ के बड़ी जेल में बंद कर दो। और उसको कुछ मत दो।
Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It echoes broader Indic debates about ritual authority and integrity, critiquing exploitative or insincere ritual practice within a moralizing Purāṇic register.
No specific place is identified; “grāma” is a generic social unit (village).
Ritual roles are presented as ethically accountable; hypocrisy and deceit in religious services are condemned as socially corrosive.
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