Shloka 11
प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)
एकदा तु स धर्मात्मा जगाम गुरुणा सह पानासक्तस्य पुरतः पितुर् दैत्यपतेस् तदा
ekadā tu sa dharmātmā jagāma guruṇā saha pānāsaktasya purataḥ pitur daityapates tadā
একদিন সেই ধর্মাত্মা গুরুর সঙ্গে গেল এবং তখন মদ্যপানে আসক্ত পিতা—দৈত্যপতি—এর সম্মুখে উপস্থিত হল।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It frames a moral contrast: a virtuous figure acts with discipline and guidance (with his guru), while the Daitya ruler is shown distracted by indulgence—setting up an ethical lesson within dynastic history.
By explicitly stating the approach happens “with the guru,” Parāśara signals that right conduct and counsel are central to governance and lineage episodes, even among Asura courts.
Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the Purana’s historiography is guided by the principle that dharma—ultimately upheld by Vishnu as Supreme Sovereign—prevails over adharma, which is symbolized here by a ruler’s intoxicated negligence.