Varaha Purana 206.1: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 1
Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds
अथ शुभकर्मफलोदय प्रकरणम् ॥ ऋषिरुवाच ॥ चित्रगुप्तस्य सन्देशो वदतो यो मया श्रुतः ॥ श्रूयतां वै महाभागास्तपःसिद्धा द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
atha śubhakarmaphalodaya prakaraṇam || ṛṣir uvāca || citraguptasya sandeśo vadato yo mayā śrutaḥ || śrūyatāṃ vai mahābhāgās tapaḥsiddhā dvijottamāḥ ||
अब मैं आपको अच्छा काम करने के फल के बारे में बताता हूँ। रिशि बोल रहे हैं कि सुनिए चित्रगुप्त का पैग़ाम जो मैंने सुना है। आप सब भाग्य-शाली ब्राह्मण हो जो तपस्या से सिद्ध हो चुके हो।
Ṛṣi (narrator) explicitly indicated by “ṛṣir uvāca”
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It marks a formal prakaraṇa transition and situates the teaching within a recognized narrative authority (a Ṛṣi), typical of Purāṇic compilation and oral/aural transmission conventions.
No geographic site is named; the verse functions as a chapter heading and narrative introduction.
It introduces a didactic unit on how auspicious actions yield results, framing ethics as an intelligible moral causality communicated through authoritative messengers (e.g., Citragupta).
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