Shloka 29
Matsya Purana — Dynastic Genealogies: Paurava–Anu Lines
तेषां च पञ्च दायादा वङ्गाङ्गाः सुह्मकास्तथा पुण्ड्राः कलिङ्गाश्च तथा अङ्गस्य तु निबोधत //
teṣāṃ ca pañca dāyādā vaṅgāṅgāḥ suhmakāstathā puṇḍrāḥ kaliṅgāśca tathā aṅgasya tu nibodhata //
From them arose five heirs—Vanga, Anga, Suhma, Pundra, and Kalinga. Now hear, in particular, about Anga.
FAQs
This verse does not describe Pralaya; it preserves post-creation human geography by listing five ancestral lineages identified with major eastern regions (janapadas).
By grounding kingship in lineage and territorial identity, the verse supports the Purāṇic ideal that rulers must know their ancestral and regional dharma, protecting the people of their janapada and maintaining lawful succession.
No Vāstu or ritual procedure is stated directly; the practical takeaway is geographical—these named regions often serve as cultural settings where later Purāṇic temple, donation, and royal-ritual narratives are situated.