Shloka 48
कुशलो मनुगश् चोष्णः पीवरो ऽथान्धकारकः मुनिश् च दुन्दुभिश् चैव सप्तैते तत्सुता मुने
kuśalo manugaś coṣṇaḥ pīvaro 'thāndhakārakaḥ muniś ca dundubhiś caiva saptaite tatsutā mune
“Kuşala, Manuga, Oṣṇa, Pīvara, and then Andhakāraka—along with Muni and Dundubhi: O sage, these seven were his sons.”
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The specific names of Dyutimān’s seven sons who give their names to the varṣas
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Cosmic Hierarchy: Varshas
Vishnu Form: Narayana
FAQs
They preserve dynastic continuity (vamsha) and locate historical rulers within a dharmic, Vishnu-ordered cosmic timeline, linking kingship to moral and ritual responsibility.
Parāśara proceeds in a formal enumerative style—naming descendants in sequence—so Maitreya receives a structured lineage map that anchors later narratives and reign accounts.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames worldly succession as unfolding under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty—time, order, and legitimacy of rule ultimately rest in the divine ground of reality.