Varaha Purana 7.18: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 18
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
एतौ मृतौ द्वावपि पुत्र रौद्र- मवीचिसंज्ञं नरकं प्रपन्नौ । अधीश्वरो मे जनकः परोऽस्य कृष्णः पिता द्वावपि दीर्घकालम् । अहं च शुद्धेन निजेन कर्मणा शक्रासनं प्रापितो दुर्लभं ततः ॥ ७.१८ ॥
etau mṛtau dvāv api putra raudra- avīcisaṃjñaṃ narakaṃ prapannau | adhīśvaro me janakaḥ paro 'sya kṛṣṇaḥ pitā dvāv api dīrghakālam | ahaṃ ca śuddhena nijena karmaṇā śakrāsanaṃ prāpito durlabhaṃ tataḥ || 7.18 ||
दोनों मर गए तो नरक में गए। उस नरक का नाम अवीचि है। मेरा बाप भी वहाँ है, उसका बाप कृष्ण भी वहाँ है, दोनों बहुत टाइम से। पर मैंने अपने अच्छे काम से इंद्र की सीट पा ली। यह बहुत मुश्किल था मिलना।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical motif: post-mortem destinies (naraka or heavenly status) are presented as consequences of conduct, serving as a didactic framework for social and moral instruction in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No terrestrial geographic site is specified; the verse instead names an otherworldly realm, Avīci (a hell-realm), used in Purāṇic cosmological taxonomy rather than as a mappable place.
The passage foregrounds karmic causality: “purified” personal action is portrayed as leading to elevated status (here, Śakra’s seat), while harmful or wrongful trajectories are associated with descent into punitive realms.
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