Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 2
Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)
कृतो ऽस्य चूडाकरणश्च देवा विप्रण मित्रावरुणात्मजेन नवाब्दिकस्य व्रतबन्धनं च वेदे च शास्त्रे विधिपारगो ऽबूत्
kṛto 'sya cūḍākaraṇaśca devā vipraṇa mitrāvaruṇātmajena navābdikasya vratabandhanaṃ ca vede ca śāstre vidhipārago 'būt
O gods, his tonsure (cūḍākaraṇa) was performed by a brāhmaṇa, the son of Mitra and Varuṇa. When he was nine years old, his initiation into the vow (upanayana / vrata-bandhana) was also done; and he became one who had crossed to the far shore of proper procedure in the Veda and in the śāstras.
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FAQs
Even for kings, legitimacy and excellence are grounded in discipline and learning: initiation, vows, and study integrate political power with dharma and restraint.
Vaṁśānucarita: the text highlights how dynastic continuity is maintained not only by birth but by sanctioned rites and education, a typical purāṇic concern in lineage narratives.
The involvement of a revered brāhmaṇa (identified by epithet as Mitra–Varuṇa’s son) symbolizes the harmonizing of kṣatriya vigor with brāhmaṇic wisdom—social order (varṇa-dharma) as a sacral technology.