Shloka 10
सामवेद–अथर्ववेदशाखाः, पुराणसंहिता, अष्टादशपुराणानि, विद्यास्थानानि
Sāma/Atharvan branches, Purāṇa compendium, 18 Purāṇas, knowledge taxonomy
देवदर्शस्य शिष्यास् तु मौद्गो ब्रह्मबलिस् तथा शौल्कायनिः पिप्पलादस् तथान्यो मुनिसत्तम
devadarśasya śiṣyās tu maudgo brahmabalis tathā śaulkāyaniḥ pippalādas tathānyo munisattama
દેવદર્શના શિષ્યોમાં મૌદ્ગ, બ્રહ્મબલિ, શૌલ્કાયનિ અને પિપ્પલાદ—અને એક અન્ય મુનિશ્રેષ્ઠ પણ હતા।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It preserves the guru–śiṣya transmission of sacred learning, showing how authoritative knowledge and dharma are carried forward through named rishi lineages.
By enumerating teachers and their disciples, Parāśara establishes a chain of tradition—an implicit credentialing of teachings as they pass through recognized sages.
Even when the verse is genealogical, the Purāṇa’s framework treats order, continuity, and the safeguarding of dharma as operating within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty that sustains the world and its traditions.