Varaha Purana 200.39: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 39

Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments

Naraka Yātanās

Devanagari script

राक्षसैर्निरनुक्रोशैर्दुर्निरीक्ष्यैस्ततस्ततः ॥ अङ्गारेषु विधूमेषु शूलप्रोतस्तु पच्यते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 200.39

Transliteration

rākṣasair niranukrośair durnirīkṣyais tatas tataḥ || aṅgāreṣu vidhūmeṣu śūlaprotas tu pacyate

Translation

Oleh para rākṣasa yang tiada belas kasihan dan mengerikan dipandang, di sana sini, dia dipanggang di atas bara tanpa asap, tertusuk pada lembing.

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Word by Word

• rākṣasaiḥ: by demons
• rākṣasaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (agents/instruments)

• nir-anukrośaiḥ: merciless
• nir-anukrośaiḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + anukrośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; नञ्/निर्-पूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः—‘अनुकम्पा-रहित’

• dur-nirīkṣyaiḥ: horrible to behold
• dur-nirīkṣyaiḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur + nirīkṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग-पूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः—‘दुर्निरीक्ष्य’ = difficult to look at/terrifying

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (from there/then)

• tataḥ: again and again/at various places
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-क्रमवाचक (here and there/again and again)

• aṅgāreṣu: on/among burning coals
• aṅgāreṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• vi-dhūmeṣu: smokeless
• vi-dhūmeṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (aṅgāreṣu इति) ‘smokeless’

• śūla-protaḥ: pierced on a stake
• śūla-protaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūla + √pru/√pruñc? (प्रातिपदिक + धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘प्रोत’ = threaded/pierced; तत्पुरुषः—‘शूले प्रोतः’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (particle)

• pacyate: is cooked/tormented
• pacyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Afterlife
• Violent Imagery (Textual)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It represents a conventional Purāṇic rhetorical mode where graphic punitive imagery functions as moral pedagogy, not as historiography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name is provided; the verse describes punitive action occurring “here and there” within the infernal setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse intensifies the warning that harmful actions lead to severe consequences, framed through the text’s moral-cosmological narrative.