Shloka 14
हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः
Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode
वैशाखशुक्लद्वादश्यां स्वप्ने यो ऽभिभवं तव करिष्यति स ते भर्ता राजपुत्रि भविष्यति
vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāṃ svapne yo 'bhibhavaṃ tava kariṣyati sa te bhartā rājaputri bhaviṣyati
“No décimo segundo dia da quinzena clara de Vaiśākha, aquele que, em teu sonho, te vencer, esse será teu esposo, ó princesa.”
A courtly/royal advisor or seer figure speaking within the dynastic narrative (reported by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse it functions as an auspicious calendrical marker (tithi) used to authenticate a destined event—here, the identification of a future husband through a dream-omen.
Through narrated signs—like dreams tied to specific tithis—Parāśara presents royal life as unfolding according to an intelligible order (dharma/niyati), rather than mere chance.
Even without Viṣṇu being named in the verse, the Purāṇic frame implies that social order—marriage, lineage, and rightful rule—operates within the cosmic governance ultimately grounded in Viṣṇu’s sovereignty.