Varaha Purana 200.32: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 32
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
संध्याभ्र इव चाभाति प्रदीप्तो नित्यमेव तु ॥ दशयोजनविस्तार्णा अधः शतसमायता
sandhyābhra iva cābhāti pradīpto nityam eva tu || daśayojanavistārṇā adhaḥ śatasamāyatā
सन्ध्याभ्र इव प्रकाशते, नित्यमेव प्रदीप्तः। दशयोजनविस्तीर्णः, अधः शतयोजनपर्यन्तं प्रसृतः॥
Varāha (default speaker framework)
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It preserves a traditional cosmographic style that combines poetic simile with quasi-quantitative dimensions (yojana), typical of Purāṇic descriptive catalogues.
The passage describes an otherworldly structure/region with dimensions; it is not mapped to an identifiable earthly site in the excerpt.
Indirectly, the scale and permanence of the blazing realm underscores the seriousness with which the text frames moral accountability.
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