Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 2
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
फलस्तेयं महापापं फलहीनं तथाटनम् छेदनं वृक्षजातीनां द्वितीयं नरकं स्मृतम्
phalasteyaṃ mahāpāpaṃ phalahīnaṃ tathāṭanam chedanaṃ vṛkṣajātīnāṃ dvitīyaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
பழம் திருடுதல் மகாபாபம்; அதுபோல பயனின்றி அலைதல் (நிஷ்பல/உற்பத்தி இன்றிய வாழ்வு), மற்றும் மரவகைகளை வெட்டுதல்—இவை ‘இரண்டாம் நரகம்’ என நினைவுகூரப்படுகிறது.
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FAQs
In agrarian dharma, fruit/produce is livelihood and often part of offerings, hospitality, and subsistence. Theft disrupts social trust and harms the cultivator’s sustenance; hence it is elevated beyond minor stealing.
Literally it is ‘wandering without fruit/yield.’ It can be read as censuring a life of aimless roaming that produces no rightful benefit (dharma/artha) or as taking without giving—contrasted with a householder’s productive, sustaining role.
Purāṇic dharma often treats trees as life-supporting beings tied to rain, fertility, and sacred space (groves near tīrthas/temples). Indiscriminate felling is therefore both ecological violence and sacrilege, warranting severe karmic consequence.