Varaha Purana 205.9: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 9
Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results
त्रिविष्टपे परिक्लेशो वासो ह्यस्याक्षयो भवेत् ॥ अयमायोधने शत्रुं हत्वा तु निधनंगतः ॥
triviṣṭape parikleśo vāso hy asyākṣayo bhavet | ayam āyodhane śatruṃ hatvā tu nidhanaṃ gataḥ ||
త్రివిష్టపం (స్వర్గం) లో కష్టమున్నా, అతని నివాసం అక్షయమగును. ఈ మనిషి యుద్ధంలో శత్రువును హతమార్చి నిశ్చయంగా మరణాన్ని పొందెను.
Ṛṣiputra (didactic narration; battle-death scenario)
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It preserves a kṣātra (warrior) ethical motif—death in battle—mapped onto cosmological reward language, a recurrent theme in epic-Purāṇic moral discourse.
No terrestrial place is identified; Triviṣṭapa is a cosmological designation for heaven.
The verse associates certain forms of duty-bound action (here, battle conduct) with post-mortem outcomes, while acknowledging even heavenly existence can involve ‘parikleśa’ (strain).
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