Varaha Purana 202.22 — Adhyaya 202, Shloka 22
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
तस्मा अन्नं च पानं च न दातव्यं कदाचन ॥ हतविश्वास्य हन्तारं वह्नौ शीघ्रं प्रपाचय
tasmā annaṃ ca pānaṃ ca na dātavyaṃ kadācana || hata-viśvāsya hantāraṃ vahnau śīghraṃ prapācaya
“Therefore, neither food nor drink is ever to be given. The killer of one whose trust has been violated—cook him quickly in fire.”
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious; seeking moral clarity about social trust and its violation","key_question":"What is the proper dharmic response and karmic consequence for betraying trust and harming one who relied on that trust?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Do not offer food or drink (social support/hospitality) to the betrayer-killer of one whose trust was violated; such a person is to be treated as gravely punishable.","karmic_consequence":"Withholding honor/support marks social excommunication; the verse frames the offender as destined for fiery torment (naraka-like retribution) for breach of trust and murder."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Ethical causality (karma) and social dharma","core_concept":"Violation of viśvāsa (trust) is a dharma-breaker that destroys social order and ripens into severe suffering.","practical_application":"Treat trust as a sacred bond; avoid enabling or honoring those who betray dependents; uphold community safeguards against treachery and violence."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Trust","Karmic Consequences"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 202.26-29 (continuation of punitive karmic sequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as stern dharma-instructor pronouncing social and karmic sanctions against a betrayer-killer; imagery of fire as punitive consequence in the background.","item_prompts":["Varāha with authoritative gesture (upadeśa-mudrā)","Bhu Devī listening attentively","dark figure symbolizing betrayer","flames/cauldron motif as naraka संकेत","scroll or palm-leaf manuscript indicating dharma discourse"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha in regal ornaments teaching Bhu Devī; stylized flames behind; flat warm palette, bold outlines, calm but severe expressions.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha teacher figure with gold-leaf halo; Bhu Devī seated; small vignette of fire-punishment at bottom; rich reds/greens, heavy jewelry.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework; Varāha instructing with composed severity; subtle fire glow in background; delicate shading and ornamentation.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: intimate teaching scene in a simple court-like setting; symbolic fire vignette; cool hills palette with narrative clarity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"severe, admonitory","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"firm, judicial, clipped consonants"}
FAQs
It foregrounds trust as a social value and uses extreme punitive imagery to emphasize the perceived severity of betrayal-linked violence in Purāṇic moral discourse.
No geographic reference is present.
Betrayal of trust coupled with killing is presented as an especially grave moral violation.
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