Varaha Purana 199.6: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 6
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
आलोके च प्रदर्श्यन्ते वृक्षाश्च भुवनानि च ॥ आयान्ति दह्यमानेषु पृष्ठपादोदरेषु च
āloke ca pradarśyante vṛkṣāś ca bhuvanāni ca || āyānti dahyamāneṣu pṛṣṭhapādodareṣu ca
Dalam cahaya, pepohon dan dunia-dunia diperlihatkan; dan mereka datang ketika belakang, kaki, dan perut mereka sedang terbakar.
Varāha
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The verse uses cosmological terms (bhuvanāni) alongside punitive bodily imagery, characteristic of Purāṇic didactic storytelling that links the moral and the cosmic.
No specific earthly location is identified; “worlds/regions” (bhuvanāni) is cosmological rather than geographic.
The narrative reinforces moral causality by depicting suffering as a consequence within an ordered cosmos.
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