Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 26
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
श्रीभगवानुवाच सोमवंशोद्भवो राजा ऋक्षो नाम महाबलः कृस्यादौ समभवदृक्षात् संवरणो ऽवत्
śrībhagavānuvāca somavaṃśodbhavo rājā ṛkṣo nāma mahābalaḥ kṛsyādau samabhavadṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇo 'vat
至福なる主は仰せになった。「月王朝（ソーマ族）に生まれた大いなる力をもつ王、名をṚkṣaという者がいた。Kṛśyaに始まる系譜において、ṚkṣaよりSaṃvaraṇaが生じた。」
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds continuity of dharma through lineage: kingship is presented as a trust carried forward, where personal strength (mahābala) is meaningful when placed within inherited responsibility.
Vamśānucarita: it explicitly records dynastic succession within the Somavaṃśa (Lunar line).
The Lunar dynasty functions as a symbolic thread of cultural memory—linking present instruction to an authoritative past through named ancestors and successors.