Shloka 40
खाण्डिक्यो ऽपि पुनर् दृष्ट्वा तम् आयान्तं धृतायुधः तस्थौ हन्तुं कृतमतिस् तम् आह स पुनर् नृपः
khāṇḍikyo 'pi punar dṛṣṭvā tam āyāntaṃ dhṛtāyudhaḥ tasthau hantuṃ kṛtamatis tam āha sa punar nṛpaḥ
காண்டிக்யனும் அவன் மீண்டும் வருவதைக் கண்டு, ஆயுதம் பிடித்து, அவனை கொல்லத் தீர்மானித்து நின்றான்; ஆனால் அரசன் மீண்டும் அவனை உரைத்தான்।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya, within the dynastic account)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
FAQs
They function as dharma-illustrations within the dynastic histories, showing how kingship, duty, and consequence unfold in human affairs.
He narrates them as sequential moral-historical episodes—actions, intentions, and speech—so the listener grasps both lineage continuity and ethical causality.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Vishnu Purana frames royal history as operating under a cosmic moral order ultimately grounded in Vishnu’s sovereignty.