Varaha Purana 207.2: Adhyaya 207, Shloka 2
Section on the ‘Person’ who Entices Beings within the Cycle of Rebirth
तथा च पृच्छतस्तस्य पुरावृत्तं महात्मनः ॥ आख्यानं कथयामास यदुक्तं चित्रभानुना ॥
tathā ca pṛcchatas tasya purāvṛttaṃ mahātmanaḥ || ākhyānaṃ kathayāmāsa yad uktaṃ citrabhānunā
അപ്പോൾ ചോദിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, ആ മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ പൂർവ്വവൃത്താന്തം—ചിത്രഭാനു പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെയുള്ള ആഖ്യാനം അദ്ദേഹം വിവരിച്ചു।
Ṛṣiputra (continuing narrator; explicit only in v.1, inferred here)
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