Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 28
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
पुरोहितस्तु तस्यासीद् वसिष्ठो वरुणात्मजः स चास्याध्यापयामास साङ्गान् वेदानुदारधीः
purohitastu tasyāsīd vasiṣṭho varuṇātmajaḥ sa cāsyādhyāpayāmāsa sāṅgān vedānudāradhīḥ
Su sacerdote fue Vasiṣṭha, hijo de Varuṇa. Aquel sabio de noble entendimiento le enseñó los Vedas junto con sus disciplinas auxiliares (Vedāṅgas).
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FAQs
Right governance is paired with right knowledge: the king’s authority is refined by śāstra through the guidance of a qualified purohita, integrating power with wisdom and restraint.
Vamśānucarita: it supplements genealogy with the institutional supports of kingship (purohita, Vedic training), a common Purāṇic method of portraying ideal dynastic order.
Vasiṣṭha represents the archetype of Brahmanical counsel; teaching ‘Vedas with Vedāṅgas’ signifies completeness—ritual, phonetics, grammar, etymology, meter, and astronomy—so dharma is practiced with precision, not sentiment alone.