Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 28
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
पुरोहितस्तु तस्यासीद् वसिष्ठो वरुणात्मजः स चास्याध्यापयामास साङ्गान् वेदानुदारधीः
purohitastu tasyāsīd vasiṣṭho varuṇātmajaḥ sa cāsyādhyāpayāmāsa sāṅgān vedānudāradhīḥ
তার পুরোহিত ছিলেন বরুণপুত্র বশিষ্ঠ। সেই উদারমতি ঋষি তাকে বেদসমূহ ও বেদাঙ্গসহ অধ্যয়ন করিয়েছিলেন।
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FAQs
Right governance is paired with right knowledge: the king’s authority is refined by śāstra through the guidance of a qualified purohita, integrating power with wisdom and restraint.
Vamśānucarita: it supplements genealogy with the institutional supports of kingship (purohita, Vedic training), a common Purāṇic method of portraying ideal dynastic order.
Vasiṣṭha represents the archetype of Brahmanical counsel; teaching ‘Vedas with Vedāṅgas’ signifies completeness—ritual, phonetics, grammar, etymology, meter, and astronomy—so dharma is practiced with precision, not sentiment alone.