Varaha Purana 200.39: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 39
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
राक्षसैर्निरनुक्रोशैर्दुर्निरीक्ष्यैस्ततस्ततः ॥ अङ्गारेषु विधूमेषु शूलप्रोतस्तु पच्यते
rākṣasair niranukrośair durnirīkṣyais tatas tataḥ || aṅgāreṣu vidhūmeṣu śūlaprotas tu pacyate
കരുണയില്ലാത്ത, കാണാൻ ഭയാനകമായ രാക്ഷസർ അവനെ ഇങ്ങും അങ്ങും കൊണ്ടുപോയി, പുകരഹിതമായ അങ്കാരങ്ങളിൽ ശൂലത്തിൽ കുത്തി വേവിക്കുന്നു।
Varāha (default speaker framework)
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It represents a conventional Purāṇic rhetorical mode where graphic punitive imagery functions as moral pedagogy, not as historiography.
No specific place-name is provided; the verse describes punitive action occurring “here and there” within the infernal setting.
The verse intensifies the warning that harmful actions lead to severe consequences, framed through the text’s moral-cosmological narrative.
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