Shloka 36
प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्
प्रतिहर्तेति विख्यात उत्पन्नस् तस्य चात्मजः भुवस् तस्माद् अथोद्गीथः प्रस्तावस् तत्सुतो विभुः
pratiharteti vikhyāta utpannas tasya cātmajaḥ bhuvas tasmād athodgīthaḥ prastāvas tatsuto vibhuḥ
His son was famed as Pratihartā. From Pratihartā came Bhuva; from Bhuva arose Ud्गītha; and from Ud्गītha was born Prastāva, mighty and radiant—thus the succession unfolded.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of the dynastic list connected to Priyavrata’s descendants.
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: cataloguing/precise
Dharma Exemplar: Sāmavedic sacral kingship implied by names (Ud्गītha/Prastāva as Sāman components), suggesting ritual order as royal virtue
Key Kings: Pratihara, Pratiharta, Bhuva, Udgitha, Prastava
FAQs
It preserves the Purāṇic map of continuity—showing how beings and dynastic lines unfold in sequence as part of the ordered creation governed by Vishnu.
He narrates a step-by-step succession—each figure giving rise to the next—framing genealogy as a structured progression within the larger cosmogonic account.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇa’s premise is that all emanations and lineages proceed within Vishnu’s supreme ordering power, making genealogy a reflection of divine governance.