Shloka 158
Pṛthu’s Earth-Milking, the Etymology of ‘Pṛthivī,’ and the Vaivasvata (Solar) Genealogy
नलस्तु निषधाज्जातो नभास्तस्मादजायत । नभसः पुंडरीकोभूत्क्षेमधन्वा ततः परम्
nalastu niṣadhājjāto nabhāstasmādajāyata | nabhasaḥ puṃḍarīkobhūtkṣemadhanvā tataḥ param
ニシャダ（Niṣadha）よりナラ（Nala）が生まれ、彼よりナバース（Nabhās）が生じた。ナバースよりプンダリーカ（Puṇḍarīka）が現れ、その後にクシェーマダンヴァン（Kṣemadhanvan）が続いた。
Unspecified narrator (genealogical narration within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नलस्तु = नलः तु; निषधाज्जातो = निषधात् जातः; नभास्तस्मादजायत = नभाः तस्मात् अजायत; पुंडरीकोभूत् = पुण्डरीकः अभूत्; अभूत्क्षेमधन्वा = अभूत् क्षेमधन्वा.
FAQs
It records a sequence of ancestral succession—Niṣadha → Nala → Nabhās → Puṇḍarīka → Kṣemadhanvan—typical of the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa’s genealogical cataloging.
Not directly; it functions primarily as lineage documentation. Any ethical takeaway is implicit: the Purāṇa preserves memory of dharmic succession and continuity through generations.
They situate later narratives in a structured cosmological and historical framework, linking kings, sages, and traditions through named descent lines.