Varaha Purana 200.72: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 72
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
दह्यते छिद्यते चैव विध्यते भिद्यते पथा ॥ पात्यते पीड्यते चैव कृष्यते च विशस्यते ॥
dahyate chidyate caiva vidhyate bhidyate pathā || pātyate pīḍyate caiva kṛṣyate ca viśasyate ||
അവൻ ദഹിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, ഛേദിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, വിദ്ധിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു; വഴിയിൽ പിളർക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. അവൻ താഴെ തള്ളപ്പെടുന്നു, ഞെരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, വലിച്ചിഴക്കപ്പെടുന്നു, പിന്നെ വധിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Varāha (default dialogic frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a conventional Purāṇic catalog-style description of punishments, useful for comparative study with other Dharma- and Purāṇa-based afterlife taxonomies.
No named location appears; the verse describes punitive processes rather than a mapped sacred geography.
The text reinforces moral accountability by portraying suffering as the outcome of wrongdoing, framed through a sequence of punitive verbs.
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