Shloka 41
Matsya Purana — Paurava Genealogy
*सूत उवाच किलासीद्राजपुत्रस्तु कुष्ठी तं नाभ्यपूजयन् कार्यं चैव तु देवानां क्षत्रं प्रति द्विजोत्तमाः भविष्यं कीर्तयिष्यामि शंतनोस्तु निबोधत //
*sūta uvāca kilāsīdrājaputrastu kuṣṭhī taṃ nābhyapūjayan kāryaṃ caiva tu devānāṃ kṣatraṃ prati dvijottamāḥ bhaviṣyaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaṃtanostu nibodhata //
Sūta said: “It is said that there was a prince afflicted with leprosy. The foremost Brahmins did not honor him, for a divine purpose also had to be carried out against the Kṣatriya order. Now I shall proclaim what is to come—listen carefully concerning Śantanu.”
FAQs
Nothing directly—this verse is genealogical and narrative, focusing on a prince’s condition and a divinely driven turn of events connected to Śantanu, not on cosmic dissolution.
Indirectly, it frames kingship within a moral-cosmic order: royal honor and social recognition can be affected by perceived impurity (disease) and by “divine purpose,” reminding rulers that status and outcomes are not only political but also tied to dharma and destiny.
No Vāstu or temple/ritual procedure is specified; the verse instead signals an upcoming narrative about Śantanu and a divinely motivated social-political development.