Varaha Purana 200.76: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 76
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
तदादिषु च सर्वेषु गुणान्तरपथं गतः ॥ यदा भवति स प्रेतस्तदा स्थावरतां व्रजेत् ॥
tad-ādiṣu ca sarveṣu guṇāntara-pathaṃ gataḥ || yadā bhavati sa pretaḥ tadā sthāvaratāṃ vrajet ||
Dan dalam semua peringkat yang bermula dari itu, dia menempuh jalan perubahan sifat-sifat; apabila dia menjadi preta, maka dia beralih kepada keadaan sthāvara, yakni makhluk yang tidak bergerak (keadaan yang tetap).
Varāha (default dialogic frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves technical language of ‘guṇa’ change within Purāṇic narrative, showing interaction between philosophical vocabulary and didactic storytelling.
No geographic site is named; the verse describes a transition of state/condition rather than a place.
It reinforces moral causality by depicting post-mortem states as transformations conditioned by prior conduct and altered ‘qualities’ (guṇa).
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