Varaha Purana 195.4: Adhyaya 195, Shloka 4
Description of Sinners Abiding in Yama’s Realm
Catalog of Transgressions and the Logic of Retribution
कन्यानां दूषका ये च ये च पापरता नराः ॥ वेदानां दूषकाश्चैव वेदमાર્ગविहिंसकाः
kanyānāṃ dūṣakā ye ca ye ca pāparatā narāḥ || vedānāṃ dūṣakāś caiva vedamārga-vihiṃsakāḥ
കന്യകളെ ദൂഷിക്കുന്നവരും പാപത്തിൽ രതരായ പുരുഷന്മാരും; കൂടാതെ വേദങ്ങളെ മലിനപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവരും വേദമാർഗ്ഗത്തെ ഹിംസിക്കുന്നവരും.
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FAQs
It juxtaposes bodily harm and textual/cultural harm, showing how Purāṇic ethics can treat social violence and corruption of learning traditions as parallel degradations.
No geographic location is identified.
It censures sexual violation and the corruption or obstruction of learning traditions (the 'Vedic path') as grave ethical failures.
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