मांधाता चक्रवर्त्तित्वे तस्योतथ्यपुरःसरः । एकोनविंशत्रेतायां सर्वक्षत्रांतकोऽभवत्
māṃdhātā cakravarttitve tasyotathyapuraḥsaraḥ | ekonaviṃśatretāyāṃ sarvakṣatrāṃtako'bhavat
ماندھاتا نے چکرورتی بادشاہت پائی، اور اُن کے آگے آگے رِشی اُتَتھیہ رہنما بن کر چلے۔ انیسویں تریتا کے دور میں تمام کشتریوں کا ہلاک کرنے والا ظاہر ہوا۔
Unspecified (narrator continuing avatāra/royal chronology)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A genealogical tableau: Māndhātṛ enthroned as cakravartin, with sage Utathya preceding as purohita/guide; in the background, a symbolic wheel of time marking the nineteenth Tretā and the ominous emergence of the ‘destroyer of kṣatriyas’ motif.
Power and kingship are legitimate only when guided by dharma; when dharma collapses, divine corrective forces arise.
The chapter is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; this verse itself emphasizes royal-dharma and avatāra chronology.
None in this verse.