Shloka 23
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
अतीता वर्तमानाश् च तथैवानागताश् च ये एते वंशेषु भूपालाः कथिता मुनिसत्तम
atītā vartamānāś ca tathaivānāgatāś ca ye ete vaṃśeṣu bhūpālāḥ kathitā munisattama
O best of sages, the kings of these dynasties—those who have passed away, those who reign now, and those yet to come—have thus been recounted.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Summation of the recounted dynastic catalogues
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
FAQs
It frames royal history as a continuous current of time (kāla), showing dynasties as an ordered sequence within cosmic governance, rather than isolated reigns.
He narrates dynasties as lineages (vaṃśa) and then closes with a recap like this verse, signaling that the account includes rulers across temporal phases—past, present, and those yet to arise.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s premise is that time, kingship, and order operate under the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—who sustains dharma through cycles and sovereign lineages.