Varaha Purana 202.77 — Adhyaya 202, Shloka 77
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
प्राप्तवान्विविधान्रोगान्संसारे चैव दारुणान् ॥ ब्रह्मस्वहारी पापोऽयं नरो लवणतस्करः
prāptavān vividhān rogān saṃsāre caiva dāruṇān || brahmasvahārī pāpo 'yaṃ naro lavaṇataskaraḥ
ក្នុងសំសារៈ គាត់បានទទួលរោគជាច្រើនប្រភេទដ៏សាហាវ។ បុរសបាបនេះជាអ្នកលួចទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិរបស់ព្រាហ្មណ៍—ជាក់ស្តែងគឺចោរលួចអំបិល។
Varāha (default framework; not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
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":"Brahmin-property theft (even petty items like salt) is a grave sin that ripens as severe bodily disease in saṃsāra.","karmic_consequence":"The thief suffers dreadful illnesses and prolonged suffering as karmic retribution."}
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":"karma-phala (ethical causality)","core_concept":"Adharma against the Brahminical-sacred economy (brahmasva) manifests as embodied suffering.","practical_application":"Avoid appropriation of entrusted/sacred property; cultivate honesty and restraint even in minor goods."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social norms","Karma theory"]
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 202.202.5-8 (continuation of karmic outcomes and rebirth)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as a divine judge-teacher pronounces karmic consequence: a man who stole brahmin property (salt) is afflicted with many dreadful diseases.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated/standing as instructor","a suffering man with visible illness marks","a small pouch/bowl of salt as the symbolic stolen item","a subtle aura of judgment (dharma)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha with ornate crown and Vaishnava tilaka, teaching gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā), sick thief shown with stylized disease marks; rich reds/ochres, flat decorative background.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with gold-leaf halo and jewelry; small narrative vignette of the thief holding salt, then afflicted; embossed ornaments and bright palette.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate linework, subdued elegance; Varāha calm and didactic; the thief rendered with restrained pathos; soft shading and classical proportions.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical hillside palette; Varāha as compassionate-yet-firm teacher; the thief in a small corner scene with symbolic salt; fine facial expressions and patterned textiles."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"admonitory, judicial","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, declarative"}
FAQs
It preserves a social-legal hierarchy of property violations (especially brahmin property) and frames them through the moral economy of karmic retribution.
No geographic location is identified here.
The passage condemns theft—particularly of protected or socially significant property—and associates it with severe embodied consequences.
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