Varaha Purana 200.36: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 36
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
मासमेकं वसत्यन्यो तस्यां चुल्ल्यां परिभ्रमन् ॥ ततः शकुनिका नाम वसामेदोवहा नदी
māsam ekaṃ vasaty anyo tasyāṃ cullyāṃ paribhraman || tataḥ śakunikā nāma vasāmedovahā nadī
മറ്റൊരാൾ ആ ചുള്ളിയിൽ ചുറ്റി നടന്ന് ഒരു മാസം വസിക്കുന്നു. തുടർന്ന് ‘ശകുനികാ’ എന്നൊരു നദിയുണ്ട്; അത് വസയും മജ്ജയും ഒഴുക്കിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നു॥
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FAQs
It illustrates the catalog-like sequencing of punishments and features (furnace, then river) typical of Purāṇic infernal topographies.
“Śakunikā” is a named river within the text’s infernal cosmography; no secure modern geographic identification is implied.
Time-bound suffering (a month) is presented as a consequence of wrongdoing, reinforcing moral accountability.
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