Shloka 126
Pṛthu’s Earth-Milking, the Etymology of ‘Pṛthivī,’ and the Vaivasvata (Solar) Genealogy
नरिष्यंतस्य पुत्रोभूच्छुको नाम महाबलः । नाभागादंबरीषस्तु धृष्टस्य तु सुतत्रयम्
nariṣyaṃtasya putrobhūcchuko nāma mahābalaḥ | nābhāgādaṃbarīṣastu dhṛṣṭasya tu sutatrayam
نَرِشیَنت کا بیٹا شُک نام کا نہایت زورآور تھا۔ نाभाग سے اَمبرِیش پیدا ہوا؛ اور دھرِشٹ کے تین بیٹے ہوئے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic genealogical narration; specific dialogue speaker not identifiable from this single verse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुत्रोभूत् = पुत्रः अभूत्; अभूत् + शुकः → अभूच्छुकः (त् + श् → च्छ्); नाभागात् + अंबरीषः → नाभागादंबरीषः (त्→द्); अंबरीषः + तु → अंबरीषस्तु (विसर्ग-लोप); सुतत्रयम् is a dvigu compound.
FAQs
It continues a dynastic (vaṃśa) listing, naming descendants: Śuka as the son of Nariṣyanta, Ambarīṣa as born from Nābhāga, and noting that Dhṛṣṭa had three sons.
Not directly. This is primarily genealogical narration, typical of Purāṇas, providing lineage context that later frames stories, vows, and dharma of notable kings.
Genealogies establish continuity of sacred history, connect rulers and sages to broader cosmological narratives, and help locate later episodes (rituals, tirthas, teachings) within recognized royal and ancestral lines.