Varaha Purana 203.1: Adhyaya 203, Shloka 1
Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences
अथ पापसमूहानुक्रमवर्णनम् ॥ ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ॥ अन्यान्यपि च पापानि चित्रगुप्तो दिदेश ह ॥ व्यामिश्रान्कथ्यमानांश्च शृणुध्वं तान्महौजसः
atha pāpasamūhānukramavarṇanam || ṛṣiputra uvāca || anyāny api ca pāpāni citragupto dideśa ha || vyāmiśrān kathyamānāṃś ca śṛṇudhvaṃ tān mahaujasaḥ
अब पापों की पूरी लिस्ट सुनो। रिशि पुत्र ने कहा, चित्रगुप्त ने और भी बहुत पाप बताए थे। अब उन मिक्स्ड पापों के बारे में सुनो जो मैं बताता हूँ।
Ṛṣiputra (explicit)
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It functions as a sectional rubric and narrative transition, naming Citragupta and signaling a structured list of wrongdoings—useful for mapping Purāṇic ethical taxonomies.
No geographic location is identified in this introductory verse.
It introduces an organized ethical catalogue, framing wrongdoing as classifiable and discussable within a moral-legal discourse.
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