Varaha Purana 24.13: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 13
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
अहन्यहनि ये देव पश्येयुरुरगादृशा । मनुष्यपशुरूपं वा तत्सर्वं भस्मसाद् भवेत् ॥ २४.१३ ॥
ahany ahani ye deva paśyeyur uragādṛśā | manuṣyapaśurūpaṃ vā tat sarvaṃ bhasmasād bhavet || 24.13 ||
देवा, यह साँप रोज़ देखते हैं और उनकी नज़र बहुत बुरी है। वो इंसान को देखें या जानवर को, सब को राख कर देते हैं।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit attribution not present in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic rhetorical style where moral caution and protective imagery (e.g., destructive or harmful “gaze”) are used to frame conduct and consequences within a sacred narrative setting.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this isolated verse; any location-based identification would depend on the surrounding Adhyāya 24 context (often associated in manuscripts with tīrtha or māhātmya material).
The verse cautions against a harmful or hostile mode of looking/intent (“serpent-like gaze”), presenting it as leading to destructive outcomes—an ethical warning framed through vivid consequence imagery.
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