Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 40
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
कूटसभ्यास्त्वशौचाश्च नित्यनैमित्तनाशकाः कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदा ये च ते महारौरवे स्थिताः
kūṭasabhyāstvaśaucāśca nityanaimittanāśakāḥ kūṭasākṣyapradā ye ca te mahāraurave sthitāḥ
जे कूटसभेचे सभासद आहेत, जे अशुचि आहेत, जे नित्य व नैमित्तिक कर्मांचा नाश किंवा अडथळा करतात, आणि जे खोटी साक्ष देतात—ते महा-रौरव नावाच्या महान नरकात वास करतात।
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FAQs
Social dharma depends on truth in testimony and integrity in assemblies/courts; falsifying evidence and sabotaging obligatory rites is treated as a grave harm to both society and cosmic order (ṛta), hence severe karmic consequence.
This passage aligns best with Dharma/karma-phala narration often embedded within Vamśānucarita or ancillary instruction; it is not strictly sarga/pratisarga, but an ethical-eschatological teaching (naraka-varṇana) supporting purāṇic dharma.
‘False assembly’ and ‘false witness’ symbolize the collapse of truth (satya) that upholds yajña and social trust; Mahāraurava functions as a moral deterrent, marking the gravity of institutional corruption.