Shloka 96
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
विवर्धयिषवस् ते तु शबलाश्वाः प्रजाः पुनः पूर्वोक्तं वचनं ब्रह्मन् नारदेनैव चोदिताः
vivardhayiṣavas te tu śabalāśvāḥ prajāḥ punaḥ pūrvoktaṃ vacanaṃ brahman nāradenaiva coditāḥ
But those Śabalāśva princes, intent on increasing their progeny, O Brahman, set out once more, urged on by Nārada himself to act according to the counsel he had previously given.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Account of progenitors and how creation/progeny proceeds (Dakṣa’s sons and Nārada’s intervention).
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Key Kings: Śabalāśva, Nārada
FAQs
It highlights Nārada’s function as a catalytic sage whose guidance redirects royal intentions—here, steering the princes to follow earlier counsel regarding the pursuit of progeny and duty.
By showing that a previously spoken instruction, when reaffirmed by a realized sage like Nārada, becomes a decisive force shaping the actions and fate of royal lineages.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic framework treats dynastic order and dharma as operating under Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic governance, with sages acting as instruments of that higher order.