Varaha Purana 155.56: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 56
The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha
अग्निदत्तस्तु वै नाम छान्दसो ब्राह्मणोत्तमः ॥ इष्टकांस्तु हरन्नित्यं परकीयांश्च सर्वदा
agnidattas tu vai nāma chāndaso brāhmaṇottamaḥ || iṣṭakāṃs tu haran nityaṃ parakīyāṃś ca sarvadā
నా పేరు అగ్నిదత్త; నేను ఛాందసుడను, ఉత్తమ బ్రాహ్మణుడను. అయినా నేను ఎల్లప్పుడూ ఇతరుల ఇటుకలను నిత్యం దొంగిలించేవాడిని.
Rākṣasa / Brahma-rākṣasa (narrating former identity)
FAQs
It provides a moralized biography: high social/religious status is contrasted with habitual theft, illustrating a Purāṇic theme that conduct (karma) outweighs nominal identity.
No explicit place-name is present; the transgression is described through property relations (“belonging to others”).
Persistent appropriation of others’ property is treated as a serious ethical breach with transformative consequences in the karmic narrative logic.
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