स्वाध्याय-योगोपदेशः तथा केशिध्वज-खाण्डिक्य-उपाख्यानम्
Yoga through Study and Restraint; The Keśidhvaja–Khāṇḍikya Narrative Frame
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
ఖాండిక్యుడూ అతడు మరల వస్తున్నాడని చూసి, ఆయుధం పట్టుకొని, అతనిని సంహరించుటకు నిశ్చయించి నిలిచెను; అయితే రాజు మళ్లీ అతనితో పలికెను।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya, within the dynastic account)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
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.