Varaha Purana 200.7: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 7
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
मुच्यते च मृतस्तत्र मारकास्तत्र दुर्लभाः ॥ शब्दे स्पर्शे तथा रूपे रसे गन्धे तु पञ्चमे ॥
mucyate ca mṛtas tatra mārakās tatra durlabhāḥ || śabde sparśe tathā rūpe rase gandhe tu pañcame ||
അവിടെ മരിച്ചാലും മോക്ഷം ലഭിക്കുകയില്ല; അവിടെ മരണദൂതന്മാർ ദുർലഭം. ശബ്ദം, സ്പർശം, രൂപം, രസം, അഞ്ചാമത് ഗന്ധം—ഇവയാൽ ദുഃഖം അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു.
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FAQs
It links afterlife suffering to sensory modalities, echoing broader Indic theories of perception (indriyas and sense-objects) in a Purāṇic narrative register.
None; the focus is phenomenological (sense-experience) rather than geographic.
It warns that consequences are inescapable and pervade all channels of experience, strengthening the deterrent function of the passage.
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