Varaha Purana 202.2: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 2
Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences
प्राप्नुवन्ति फलं ते वै ये च क्षिप्ताः पुरा जनाः ॥ अग्निना वै प्रतप्तास्ते बद्धा बन्धैः सुदारुणैः ॥
prāpnuvanti phalaṃ te vai ye ca kṣiptāḥ purā janāḥ || agninā vai prataptās te baddhā bandhaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ
ये च पुरा क्षिप्ताः जनाः, ते वै स्वफलं प्राप्नुवन्ति। अग्निना प्रतप्ताः सन्तः, सुदारुणैर्बन्धैर्बद्धा भवन्ति॥
Ṛṣi (narrator; continuation of description)
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic didactic linkage between action (karma) and consequence (phala) using vivid penal imagery.
No geographic location is identified; the verse describes an infernal punitive context.
Moral causality is emphasized: actions yield results, portrayed through the metaphor of binding and burning.
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