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Varaha Purana 203.63: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 63

Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences

अग्निक्षारनदीभ्यां तु प्राप्नुवन्ति न संशयः ॥ परदारप्रसक्तानां भयं भवति निग्रहः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 203.63

agnikṣāranadībhyāṃ tu prāpnuvanti na saṃśayaḥ || paradāraprasaktānāṃ bhayaṃ bhavati nigrahaḥ

వారు అగ్ని మరియు క్షార నదులను పొందుతారు—ఇందులో సందేహం లేదు. పరస్త్రీలో ఆసక్తులైనవారికి భయం కలుగుతుంది, తరువాత నియంత్రణ/దండన జరుగుతుంది।

अग्नि-क्षार-नदीभ्याम्by fire, alkali, and river (tortures)
अग्नि-क्षार-नदीभ्याम्:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षार (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (नदी-प्रधान), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (अग्निश्च क्षारश्च नदी च)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)
प्राप्नुवन्तिattain/undergo
प्राप्नुवन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
not/no
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वाक्ये ‘न संशयः’ इति निश्चयार्थकः
पर-दार-प्रसक्तानाम्of those attached to others' wives
पर-दार-प्रसक्तानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सञ्ज्/सज्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; (परदारेषु प्रसक्ताः) तत्पुरुष-समासः; सम्बन्ध-निर्देशः
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
भवतिarises/is
भवति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
निग्रहःrestraint/punishment
निग्रहः:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootनिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भयस्य विशेषण/पर्याय-भावः (appositional)

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

P
Purāṇic Literature
N
Naraka Descriptions
S
Social Ethics
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It links social transgression (paradāra) with punitive imagery, illustrating how Purāṇic texts integrate societal norms into karmic narrative frameworks.

No identifiable earthly location is mentioned; “rivers of fire/alkali” are part of otherworldly punitive geography.

It discourages violating marital boundaries and frames such acts as leading to fear, punishment, and suffering.

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