Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 34
Śrāddhadeva Manu’s Sons: Pṛṣadhra’s Curse and Renunciation; Genealogies of Nariṣyanta and Diṣṭa
हेमचन्द्र: सुतस्तस्य धूम्राक्षस्तस्य चात्मज: । तत्पुत्रात् संयमादासीत् कृशाश्व: सहदेवज: ॥ ३४ ॥
hemacandraḥ sutas tasya dhūmrākṣas tasya cātmajaḥ tat-putrāt saṁyamād āsīt kṛśāśvaḥ saha-devajaḥ
Ang anak ni Viśāla ay si Hemacandra; ang anak niya ay si Dhūmrākṣa; at ang anak ni Dhūmrākṣa ay si Saṁyama. Ang mga anak ni Saṁyama ay sina Devaja at Kṛśāśva.
FAQs
This verse continues the royal genealogy, listing the succession: Hemacandra, his son Dhūmrākṣa, then Saṁyama, and then Kṛśāśva (born in the line connected with Sahadeva).
To preserve the sacred history of righteous kings and dynasties through whom dharma and devotion were protected, and to connect later divine events to their ancestral lines.
They encourage respect for ancestry, responsibility in family life, and remembrance that one’s actions contribute to an ongoing lineage of values—especially dharma and devotion.