Varaha Purana 218.2: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 2
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समाप्तमिदं वराहमहापुराणम् ॥ अथ पुराणपठनादिविषयानुक्रमणिकाध्यायः ॥ त्रिःसप्तषट्क्षितिमिते नृपविक्रमस्य काले गते भगवतो हरिबोधनस्य ॥ वीरेश्वरेण सह माधवभद्रनाम्ना काश्यां वराहकथितं लिखितं पुराणम् ॥
samāptam idaṃ varāhamahāpurāṇam || atha purāṇapaṭhanādiviṣayānukramaṇikādhyāyaḥ || triḥsaptaṣaṭkṣitimite nṛpavikramasya kāle gate bhagavato haribodhanasya || vīreśvareṇa saha mādhavabhadranāmnā kāśyāṃ varāhakathitaṃ likhitaṃ purāṇam ||
Se concluye este Varāha Mahāpurāṇa. Ahora (sigue) el capítulo que es un índice de materias, como la lectura del Purāṇa. Cuando hubo pasado el tiempo del rey Vikrama, medido por 3-7-6 (cronograma), con ocasión del despertar del Señor Hari—junto con Vīreśvara—fue escrito en Kāśī un Purāṇa llamado Mādhavabhadra, relatado por Varāha.
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It functions as a colophon-like provenance note, valuable for manuscript history: it mentions writing (likhita), a place (Kāśī), personal names, and a chronogram used for dating.
Kāśī (commonly identified with Vārāṇasī/Benares) is explicitly named as the place where the Purāṇa was written.
Rather than an ethical injunction, this passage primarily records archival and bibliographic information—completion, indexing, and provenance.
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