Varaha Purana 72.16: Adhyaya 72, Shloka 16
Instruction on the Unity of the Triad
Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra
योऽन्यथा भावयेदेतत् पक्षपातेन सुव्रत । स याति नरकं घोरं रौरवं पापपूरुषः ॥ ७२.१६ ॥
yo 'nyathā bhāvayed etat pakṣapātena suvrata | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ rauravaṃ pāpapūruṣaḥ || 72.16 ||
ഹേ സുവ്രത, പക്ഷപാതത്തോടെ ഈ ഉപദേശം വേറെയായി ധരിക്കുന്നവൻ ആ പാപപുരുഷൻ ‘രൗരവ’ എന്ന ഭീകര നരകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic concern with interpretive integrity—warning against partisan or self-serving readings of authoritative teachings, a theme also encountered across Dharma-śāstra and narrative didactic literature.
No geographic site is named in this verse; it references 'Raurava' as a doctrinally described infernal realm rather than a terrestrial location.
The verse discourages biased or partisan interpretation (pakṣapāta) of a teaching, presenting moral accountability for distorting meaning.
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