Varaha Purana 205.1: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 1
Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results
अथ शुभाशुभफलानुकीर्तनवर्णनम् ॥ ऋषिपुत्र उवाच ॥ इदमन्यत्पुरा विप्राः श्रूयतां तस्य भाषितम् ॥ यमस्य चित्रगुप्तस्य यच्च तत्र मया श्रुतम् ॥
atha śubhāśubha-phalānukīrtana-varṇanam | ṛṣiputra uvāca | idam anyat purā viprāḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya bhāṣitam | yamasya citraguptasya yac ca tatra mayā śrutam ||
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Ṛṣiputra
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It introduces a didactic passage typical of Purāṇic compilations, linking moral causality to the administrative figures of the afterlife (Yama and Citragupta).
No specific location is given; the reference is to a narrative setting “there” (tatra), associated with Yama’s domain in a general sense.
The verse frames an ethical discourse: actions have consequences that are recounted and assessed, thematically anchored in karmaphala.
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