Varaha Purana 200.56: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 56
Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments
Naraka Yātanās
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च ॥ गतः स वसति प्रेतो नरके तु पुनःपुनः
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca || gataḥ sa vasati preto narake tu punaḥ punaḥ
ตลอดหกหมื่นปี และอีกหกร้อยปีด้วย เขายังคงอยู่ที่นั่นในสภาพเป็นเปรต—ตกนรกซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า
Varāha (default framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"instruction_summary":"Severe pāpa yields prolonged preta-existence and repeated residence in naraka for vast durations.","karmic_consequence":"The jīva remains a preta for ‘sixty thousand and six thousand’ years (as stated) and returns to hell repeatedly, indicating long karmic latency and recurrence."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karmic temporality","core_concept":"Karmic fruits can be long-duration and cyclic; preta-state signifies unresolved attachments and debts that delay onward progress.","practical_application":"Avoid grave harms; perform prescribed expiations and cultivate dharma now, since post-mortem correction is slow and painful."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Ethics"]
Primary Rasa: bhayānaka
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: otherworldly realms
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 200.57.0 (torments); Varāha Purāṇa 200.61.0 (preta in sequence)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A desolate preta wandering in a hellscape with a vast, counting motif—endless years marked by repeating pillars or tally-stones—while the background shows recurring gates of naraka.","item_prompts":["gaunt preta figure","infernal landscape","repeating gates/arches (again and again)","tally marks/clock-like wheel for years","dim firelight"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Dark layered background with rhythmic repetition of arches; preta rendered with strong bhāva; time suggested by repeating motifs.","tanjore_prompt":"Gold accents on repeating arches and tally motifs; central preta in muted tones; ornamental border implying long duration.","mysore_prompt":"Subtle chiaroscuro; refined depiction of the preta’s weariness; time conveyed through repeated architectural elements.","pahari_prompt":"Sparse landscape, repeated gateways receding into distance; clear symbolic ‘years’ motif; poignant solitude."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"somber, awe-inducing","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"deep, resonant, warning"}
FAQs
It demonstrates Purāṇic use of large time-units to convey the gravity of ethical consequence and the cosmological scale of afterlife narratives.
No named location; “naraka” is a cosmological category rather than a mapped earthly place in this excerpt.
Wrongdoing is portrayed as leading to prolonged, recurring suffering, encouraging moral self-regulation.
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