Shloka 83
सुधामा शङ्खपाच् चैव कर्दमस्यात्मजौ द्विज हिरण्यरोमा चैवान्यश् चतुर्थः केतुमान् अपि
sudhāmā śaṅkhapāc caiva kardamasyātmajau dvija hiraṇyaromā caivānyaś caturthaḥ ketumān api
اے دو بار جنم لینے والے! کردَم کے بیٹے سُدھاما اور شنکھپاچ تھے؛ ایک اور ہِرنّیَروما تھا، اور چوتھا کیتُمان بھی تھا۔
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Identification of beings associated with Lokāloka/dig-guardianship context (Kardama’s sons)
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Key Kings: Kardama, Sudhāmā, Śaṅkhapāc, Hiraṇyaromā, Ketumān
FAQs
They map the orderly transmission of creation and dharma through named lineages, presenting cosmic history as structured succession under Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty.
Parāśara enumerates progeny in a sequential, catalog-like narration to establish the connections among early beings, sages, and later dynastic developments.
Even when Vishnu is not explicitly named in the verse, the Purana’s framework treats such ordered genealogies as unfolding within Vishnu’s supreme governance of creation and continuity.