Varaha Purana 202.77: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 77
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
प्राप्तवान्विविधान्रोगान्संसारे चैव दारुणान् ॥ ब्रह्मस्वहारी पापोऽयं नरो लवणतस्करः
prāptavān vividhān rogān saṃsāre caiva dāruṇān || brahmasvahārī pāpo 'yaṃ naro lavaṇataskaraḥ
Dalam samsara dia telah menanggung pelbagai penyakit yang dahsyat. Lelaki berdosa ini ialah perampas harta brahmana—bahkan pencuri garam.
Varāha (default framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a social-legal hierarchy of property violations (especially brahmin property) and frames them through the moral economy of karmic retribution.
No geographic location is identified here.
The passage condemns theft—particularly of protected or socially significant property—and associates it with severe embodied consequences.
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