Shloka 37
इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः
मांधाता शशबिन्दोर् दुहितरं बिन्दुमतीम् उपयेमे । पुरुकुत्सम् अम्बरीषं च मुचकुन्दं च तस्यां पुत्रत्रयम् उत्पादयाम् आस ॥
māṃdhātā śaśabindor duhitaraṃ bindumatīm upayeme | purukutsam ambarīṣaṃ ca mucakundaṃ ca tasyāṃ putratrayam utpādayām āsa ||
Māndhātṛ took to wife Bindumatī, the daughter of Śaśabindu; and through her he begot three sons—Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and Mucukunda—by whom the royal line was carried forward in due order.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of the Solar (Ikṣvāku/Kakutstha) dynasty genealogy through Māndhātṛ.
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: authoritative
Vamsha: Surya
Dharma Exemplar: Kuladharma (maintenance of royal lineage and order)
Key Kings: Māndhātṛ, Śaśabindu, Bindumatī, Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, Mucukunda
FAQs
It establishes a crucial dynastic junction: through Bindumatī, Māndhātṛ fathers three named heirs, ensuring the Solar Dynasty’s continuity and structuring later royal narratives around legitimate succession.
Parāśara presents genealogy as a disciplined sequence—marriage followed by progeny—where named descendants function as anchors for subsequent episodes, reinforcing dharma through orderly succession.
Even when Vishnu is not explicitly named, the Purana frames history as unfolding within Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty over time, order, and kingship—where dynastic continuity reflects the maintenance of cosmic and social dharma.