Varaha Purana 42.7: Adhyaya 42, Shloka 7
Ritual Procedure for the Phālguna Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Narasiṃha Worship, with the Narrative of King Vatsa
Pūrva Bhāga · Geographical–Genealogical Narratives (Kiṃpuruṣa-varṣa / Bhārata lineage)
आसीत् किम्पुरुषे वर्षे राजा परमधार्मिकः । भारत इति च विख्यातस्तस्य वत्सः सुतोऽभवत् ॥ ४२.७ ॥
āsīt kiṃpuruṣe varṣe rājā paramadhārmikaḥ | bhārata iti ca vikhyātas tasya vatsaḥ suto 'bhavat || 42.7 ||
AsIt kiMpuruShe varShe rAjA paramadhArmikaH | bhArateti cha vikhyAtastasya vatsaH suto.abhavat || 42.7 ||
In der Region namens Kiṃpuruṣa-varṣa lebte ein König von höchst vorbildlicher dharmischer Gesinnung, bekannt unter dem Namen Bhārata; und er hatte einen Sohn namens Vatsa.
Sandhi Notes
- सुतोऽभवत् = सुतः + अभवत्
Varāha
Dharmic kingship (parama-dhārmika rājā) is presented as a lineage-quality transmitted through family narrative (son Vatsa).
Treat leadership as a dharma-bearing role; cultivate kīrti through justice, restraint, and support of āśrama-dharma.
42.42.6 (Vatsa narrative announced); 42.42.8 (Vatsa’s later defeat and exile)
FAQs
It preserves a purāṇic-style genealogical notice linking a named king (Bhārata) with a successor (Vatsa), a common method by which Purāṇas organize cultural memory and political-ethical ideals through dynastic narration.
Kiṃpuruṣa-varṣa is named; in purāṇic cosmography it denotes a mytho-geographic region (one of the varṣas) rather than a single securely identified modern location.
The king is characterized as paramadhārmika (“exemplary in dharma”), presenting righteous governance as a cultural ideal within the narrative framework.
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