Agni Purana — Veda-vidhana & Vamsha, Shloka 13
Somavaṁśa-varṇanam
Description of the Lunar Dynasty
तया सहाचरद्राजा दशवर्षाणि पञ्च च पञ्च षट् सप्त चाष्टौ च दश चाष्टौ महामुने
tayā sahācaradrājā daśavarṣāṇi pañca ca pañca ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca daśa cāṣṭau mahāmune
ହେ ମହାମୁନି! ରାଜା ତାଙ୍କ ସହ ବର୍ଷଗୁଡ଼ିକ ରହିଲେ—ଦଶ, ପାଞ୍ଚ, ପାଞ୍ଚ, ଛଅ, ସାତ, ଆଠ, ଦଶ ଓ ଆଠ।
Lord Agni (narrating to Sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Samanya","secondary_vidya":"Avatara-Katha","practical_application":"Chronological accounting within dynastic narrative; preserves a traditional time-counting style useful for puranic historiography.","sutra_style":true}
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Alamkara Type: Saṅkhyā (numerical enumeration)
Khanda Section: Itihasa–Purana Narrative (Dynastic/Chronological Account)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A scribe-like narration of years spent together—numbers presented as a sequence alongside the royal couple in domestic harmony.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural with a palm-leaf manuscript motif border, Purūravas and Urvaśī seated together, attendants holding tally sticks or scrolls with numerals, subdued palette","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting of the couple enthroned, gold-embossed scroll below listing the year numbers in Devanagari, ornamental frame","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style instructional panel: a court scribe writing the sequence of years, couple in the background, clear legible numerals, calm composition","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature of a court chronicler presenting a written record to the king, marginal notes showing the number sequence, intimate palace setting"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सहाचरत् = सह + अचरत्; चाष्टौ = च + अष्टौ.
Related Themes: Agni Purana—other genealogical year-count passages (vamsha-anucharita sections)
FAQs
This verse conveys chronological data (years/durations) within a dynastic narrative rather than a ritual or technical vidyā; it functions as a regnal/time-accounting statement.
By preserving structured historical/chronological notices about kings and their life with consorts, it adds a documentary layer (vamśa and regnal reckoning) alongside the text’s ritual, legal, medical, and literary materials.
The verse itself is not prescriptive; its religious value lies in supporting Purāṇic remembrance (smaraṇa) of dharmic lineages and time-order, which traditionally reinforces respect for dharma and sacred history.