Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 80
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु याति यश्चानृतो नरः ।
तस्य स्वरूपं गदतो रौरवस्य निशामय ॥
raurave kūṭasākṣī tu yāti yaścānṛto naraḥ /
tasya svarūpaṃ gadato rauravasya niśāmaya
Ang huwad na saksi at ang taong nagsasalita ng kasinungalingan ay napupunta sa Raurava. Makinig ngayon sa paglalarawan ng anyo ng Raurava (impiyerno) habang aking isinasalaysay.
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FAQs
Truthfulness is treated as a pillar of dharma with social consequences; perjury and lying corrode justice and thus incur severe post-mortem retribution (Raurava).
Dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) and naraka taxonomy; not part of the five hallmark categories as a primary unit.
Raurava functions as a moral archetype: the ‘roaring’ torment mirrors the inner dissonance and fear produced by falsifying truth—an inversion of ṛta (cosmic order).