Shloka 19
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
पुष्कराधिपतिं चापि सवनं कृतवान् सुतम् ।
महावीतो धातकीश्च पुष्कराधिपतेः सुतौ ॥
puṣkarādhipatiṃ cāpi savanaṃ kṛtavān sutam |
mahāvīto dhātakīś ca puṣkarādhipateḥ sutau ||
আর তিনি তাঁর পুত্র সবনকে পুষ্করদ্বীপের শাসক করলেন। সেই পুষ্করাধিপতির দুই পুত্র ছিলেন—মহাবীত ও ধাতকী।
FAQs
Succession is depicted as structured and named: the stability of realms depends on clear transmission of responsibility across generations.
Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (lineage continuation) within cosmographic narration of the dvīpas.
Puṣkara (lotus imagery) can suggest purity and centrality; the text’s placement of rulership there hints at an archetype of ‘lotus-throne’ order—authority grounded in cosmic symmetry.