Varaha Purana 166.3: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 3
The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa
गते स्वर्गं तु नृपतौ पुत्रो राज्यं चकार ह ॥ विमतिर्नाम नाम्ना च राज्ये पैतामहे स्थितः ॥
gate svargaṁ tu nṛpatau putro rājyaṁ cakāra ha || vimatir nāma nāmnā ca rājye paitāmahe sthitaḥ ||
जब राजा स्वर्ग गया तो उसका बेटा राज्य संभालने लगा। उसका नाम विमति था। वो अपने पुरखों की परंपरा में राजा बना।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative structure: the righteous predecessor, succession, and subsequent moral testing of the heir—useful for studying ideals of hereditary kingship.
No geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on dynastic transition.
Legitimacy and stability are framed through continuity with ancestral duty (paitāmaha), implying responsibility to inherited social order.
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