Shloka 74
Matsya Purana — Paurava Genealogy
ऐडेक्ष्वाक्वन्वये चैव पौरवे चान्वये तथा येषु संस्थास्यते तच्च ऐडेक्ष्वाकुकुलं शुभम् तान्सर्वान्कीर्तयिष्यामि भविष्ये कथितान्नृपान् //
aiḍekṣvākvanvaye caiva paurave cānvaye tathā yeṣu saṃsthāsyate tacca aiḍekṣvākukulaṃ śubham tānsarvānkīrtayiṣyāmi bhaviṣye kathitānnṛpān //
And in the lineage of Aikṣvāku, and likewise in the lineage of Puru—those kings in whom that auspicious Aikṣvāku royal house will be established and continued—I shall now recount all those rulers who are spoken of as to arise in the future.
FAQs
This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it shifts to dynastic narration, announcing a forthcoming account of future kings in the Aikṣvāku and Paurava lines.
Indirectly, it frames kingship through legitimate succession and continuity of royal houses—an ethical-political theme in the Matsya Purana where dharma is preserved through well-ordered dynasties and righteous rulers.
No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this verse; its focus is genealogical—introducing the catalog of rulers and their lineal continuity.