Shloka 5
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
कुरुः पुरुः शतद्युम्नस् तपस्वी सत्यवाञ् छुचिः अग्निष्टुद् अतिरात्रश् च सुद्युम्नश् चेति ते नव अभिमन्युश् च दशमो नड्वलायां महौजसः
kuruḥ puruḥ śatadyumnas tapasvī satyavāñ chuciḥ agniṣṭud atirātraś ca sudyumnaś ceti te nava abhimanyuś ca daśamo naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ
From Mahaujasa, through Nadvalā, were born nine sons—Kuru, Puru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavān, Śuci, Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, and Sudyumna; and Abhimanyu was the tenth.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Genealogical unfolding of early royal progenitors and their descendants
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: authoritative
Key Kings: Mahaujasa, Naḍvalā, Kuru, Puru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavān, Śuci, Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna, Abhimanyu
FAQs
They function as a dharma-history: by preserving succession and kinship, the Purana frames political order and moral duty as part of a larger cosmic order sustained under Vishnu’s sovereignty.
He uses a precise enumerative style—naming the mother/line (Naḍvalā) and the father (Mahaujasa), then listing the sons in order, culminating with the tenth, Abhimanyu, to anchor the genealogy for subsequent narrative links.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s dynastic narration implies that worldly kingship and lineage unfold within Vishnu’s cosmic governance—history is presented as ordered continuity rather than random change.