Varaha Purana 147.17: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 17
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
सोऽपि दुःखेन सन्तप्तः सर्वलोकान्भ्रमिष्यति॥ एवमौरवेन दत्ते तु शापे तस्मिन्महौजसि॥
so 'pi duḥkhena santaptaḥ sarvalokān bhramiṣyati || evam auraveṇa datte tu śāpe tasmin mahaujasi ||
เขาผู้นั้นก็จะถูกความทุกข์เผาผลาญ แล้วเร่ร่อนท่องไปในโลกทั้งปวง ดังนี้ฤๅษีอุรวะได้เปล่งคำสาปต่อผู้ทรงเดชนั้น
Aurva (curse statement); narrative frame by Varāha (default)
FAQs
Curses in Purāṇic literature function as narrative representations of moral causality and the authority attributed to ascetics as custodians of social-ethical order.
The phrase “all worlds” (sarvalokān) is cosmological rather than geographic; it does not identify a terrestrial site.
It conveys that destructive acts provoke far-reaching consequences, and that grief and anger can be formalized into punitive speech with enduring effects.
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