Shloka 5
प्रचेतसां तपः तथा विष्णु-स्तुतिः
The Pracetases’ Ocean Tapas and Hymn to Vishnu
समुद्रतनयायां तु कृतदारो महीपतिः महतस् तपसः पारे सवर्णायां महीपतेः
samudratanayāyāṃ tu kṛtadāro mahīpatiḥ mahatas tapasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ mahīpateḥ
ಆಗ ಆ ಭೂಪತಿಯಾದ ರಾಜನು ಸಮುದ್ರಕನ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಪತ್ನಿಯಾಗಿ ವರಿಸಿದನು; ಹೇ ರಾಜನೇ, ಮಹತ್ತಾದ ತಪಸ್ಸಿಗೂ ಅತೀತವಾಗಿ, ಅವನು ಆ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ಸವರ್ಣೆಯಿಂದ ಜನಿಸಿದನು।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Key Kings: Prācīnabarhis, Savarṇā, Sāmudrī
FAQs
Such marriages function as narrative markers of legitimacy and cosmic-connected sovereignty, linking royal houses to elemental/cosmic lineages and reinforcing the continuity of dharmic rule.
Parāśara presents succession as a chain of births and marriages, where each union and offspring preserves the vamśa (dynasty) and situates kingship within a larger sacred-historical order.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Purāṇic genealogy is framed as unfolding under Vishnu’s supreme governance—history, dynasties, and sovereignty operate within the cosmic order sustained by Him.