Varaha Purana 199.13 — Adhyaya 199, Shloka 13
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
श्रोत्रियाणां द्विजातीनां जाया वै धर्षितास्त्वया॥ मोक्ष्यसे न हि पापात्त्वं रसातलगतो यथा॥
śrotriyāṇāṃ dvijātīnāṃ jāyā vai dharṣitās tvayā || mokṣyase na hi pāpāt tvaṃ rasātala-gato yathā ||
ເຈົ້າໄດ້ລ່ວງລະເມີດພັນລະຍາຂອງພວກຊຣໂຕຣິຍະ ແລະດວິຊາຕິຜູ້ຮູ້. ຈາກບາບນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈະບໍ່ພົ້ນ—ເຫມືອນຜູ້ຕົກລົງສູ່ຣະສາຕະລະບໍ່ງ່າຍຫຼຸດອອກ.
Pṛthivī (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":"burdened","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":"None","instruction_summary":"Violating the wives of śrotriya (Veda-learned) twice-born men is a grievous sin with near-inexpiable consequences.","karmic_consequence":"Non-release from sin; prolonged descent-like suffering likened to falling into Rasātala."}
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":"gravity of adharmic acts (mahāpātaka logic)","core_concept":"Some violations—especially against Vedic sanctity and protected households—create deep karmic bondage that is hard to shake off.","practical_application":"Maintain reverence for learning and household dharma; if fallen, pursue rigorous repentance, restraint, and restitution rather than denial."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Afterlife/Naraka"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: netherworld/underworld comparison
Related Themes: Varaha Purana 199.9-13 (naraka imagery culminating in specific罪)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A climactic denunciation: the accuser points at the sinner, declaring his violation of śrotriya-dvija wives and his near-inescapable fall, with Rasātala visualized as a yawning abyss beneath.","item_prompts":["accuser pointing","terrified sinner","abyss/underworld chasm labeled Rasatala (optional)","shadowy depth layers","symbols of dvija learning (palm-leaf, yajñopavīta)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic vertical composition—figures above, Rasātala chasm below; dvija symbols subtly included; intense facial expressions; deep red-black gradients.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted dvija symbols (sacred thread, manuscript); ornate border; abyss rendered as dark enamel-like field; accusatory gesture central.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined depiction of depth with layered darkness; careful rendering of sacred thread/manuscript; solemn, weighty atmosphere.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: stylized cliff-edge with patterned darkness below; crisp linework for sacred thread and manuscript; narrative emphasis on the pointing hand and the fall motif."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"severe, finalizing","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"authoritative, uncompromising"}
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic moral-legal register that frames sexual violence as a grave transgression with consequences described through afterlife imagery (e.g., Rasātala/Naraka motifs).
Rasātala is a mythic nether region in Purāṇic cosmography rather than a mappable terrestrial location.
The verse emphasizes accountability for harming others—especially sexual violation—as an act carrying enduring moral consequence.
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