Varaha Purana 199.31: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 31
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
असिपत्रे सुभग्नाङ्गाः शूललग्नास्तथाऽपरे ॥ तथाऽपरो महादेशो नानारूपो भयानकः ॥
asipatre subhagnāṅgāḥ śūlalagnās tathā’pare || tathā’paro mahādeśo nānārūpo bhayānakaḥ
അസിപത്രത്തിൽ ചിലരുടെ അവയവങ്ങൾ ഒടിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു; ചിലർ ശൂലങ്ങളിൽ കുത്തിക്കയറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെയും മറ്റൊരു വിശാല പ്രദേശമുണ്ട്, നാനാരൂപവും ഭയാനകവും।
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It preserves a catalog-like descriptive style common to Purāṇic and Dharma literature when enumerating punitive realms and their features.
Asipatra is named as a region; in this passage it functions as otherworldly topography rather than a historical place.
The text emphasizes the severity and variety of consequences, presenting moral causality as structured and multi-modal.
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