Shloka 23
मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः
बलबन्धुः सुसंभाव्यः सत्यकाद्याश् च तत्सुताः नरेन्द्राः सुमहावीर्या बभूवुर् मुनिसत्तम
balabandhuḥ susaṃbhāvyaḥ satyakādyāś ca tatsutāḥ narendrāḥ sumahāvīryā babhūvur munisattama
হে মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, সেই বংশত বলবন্ধু নামে খ্যাতিমান আৰু পূজনীয় ব্যক্তি জন্মিল; আৰু সত্যক আদি তেওঁৰ পুত্ৰসকল অতি মহাবীৰ্য নৰেন্দ্ৰ হ’ল।
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
FAQs
The Purana preserves dynastic memory to show the continuity of dharma and rightful sovereignty across generations within the larger cosmic order overseen by Vishnu.
He presents succession as a chain of named rulers—father to sons—highlighting reputation and valor as marks of legitimate rule within the Purana’s historical-theological narrative.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the genealogies function as a record of the world’s ordered unfolding—kingship and time moving under Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme Reality.