Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 128
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
ततश्चाण्डालयोनौ तु शतजन्मानि भूपते । ग्रामविध्वंसकानां तु दाहकानां च लुम्पताम् ॥ १२८ ॥
tataścāṇḍālayonau tu śatajanmāni bhūpate | grāmavidhvaṃsakānāṃ tu dāhakānāṃ ca lumpatām || 128 ||
Sesudah itu, wahai Raja, para pemusnah kampung—yang membakar dengan api dan yang merompak—akan lahir seratus kelahiran dalam rahim kaum cāṇḍāla (golongan terbuang).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to a king, as framed in Narada Purana’s dialogue tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It teaches karma-vipāka: severe public-harming violence (destroying villages, arson, plunder) leads to prolonged degraded rebirth, stressing social dharma and the moral weight of harming many.
Indirectly: by showing the gravity of papa, it motivates refuge in dharma and purification—classically, Narada Purana frames devotion to Vishnu, repentance, and corrective conduct as means to turn away from destructive karma.
Not a Vedanga-technical verse; it functions as dharma-śāstra style guidance on karma and social ethics (raja-dharma), relevant for governance and preventing adharma such as arson and looting.