Varaha Purana 24.18: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 18
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
ब्रह्मोवाच । यतो मत्प्रभवान् नित्यं क्षयं नयत मानुषान् । भवान्तरेऽथान्यस्मिन् मातुः शापात् सुदारुणात् । भविताऽतिक्षयं घोरं नूनं स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ॥ २४.१८ ॥
brahmovāca | yato matprabhavān nityaṁ kṣayaṁ nayata mānuṣān | bhavāntare 'thānyasmin mātuḥ śāpāt sudāruṇāt | bhavitā 'tikṣayaṁ ghoraṁ nūnaṁ svāyambhuve 'ntare || 24.18 ||
ब्रह्मा ने कहा, तुम लोग इंसानों को बरबाद करते हो। इसलिए माँ का श्राप लगेगा। स्वयंभुव के टाइम बहुत बड़ा खतरा आएगा।
Brahmā
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of historiography that frames large-scale social or cosmic decline (kṣaya) through moral causality (karma) and epochal time (Manu-intervals), a common narrative device in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the reference is temporal-cosmological, pointing to the Svāyambhuva Manu era rather than a specific site.
The verse foregrounds causality: harmful actions that lead to human decline are linked to consequential outcomes (here expressed as a severe curse and ensuing destruction), emphasizing accountability across time and states of existence (bhavāntara).
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