Varaha Purana 199.30: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 30
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
असितालवने विप्रा बहुदुःखसमाकुले ॥ तत्र क्षिप्ता मया दृष्टा यमदूतैर्महाबलैः ॥
asitālavane viprā bahuduḥkhasamākule || tatra kṣiptā mayā dṛṣṭā yamadūtair mahābalaiḥ
O bramini, w lesie Asitālava, wypełnionym wielkim cierpieniem, widziałem ich tam rzuconych przez potężnych posłańców Jamy.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; address to “viprāḥ” suggests narration to interlocutors)
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It situates the narrative within the broader Indic Yama-and-messengers tradition, a shared cultural framework for moral instruction.
Asitālavanam is named; it is best treated as mythic topography in this excerpt rather than a mapped historical site.
Wrongdoing is framed as leading to being ‘cast’ into suffering realms by forces representing moral order and retribution.
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