त्रयीधर्मं परित्यज्य येऽन्यं धर्ममुपासते । ते नरा नरकं यांतु यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
trayīdharmaṃ parityajya ye'nyaṃ dharmamupāsate | te narā narakaṃ yāṃtu yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
جو لوگ تین ویدوں کے دھرم کو چھوڑ کر کسی اور (کج راہ) دھرم کی پوجا کرتے ہیں، ایسے لوگ آفرینش کے پرلے تک نرک میں جائیں۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern, didactic tableau: a sage or divine voice pronounces judgment; shadowy figures turn away from Vedic fires toward a dark path, while a cosmic horizon hints at pralaya.
The text upholds Trayī-dharma (Vedic dharma) as the normative standard; deliberate abandonment of it is portrayed as leading to severe karmic consequences.
While not naming a specific tīrtha in the verse, it occurs within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa region), where dharma is emphasized as the foundation of kṣetra-merit.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal warning to remain established in Trayī-dharma.