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
اور کھانڈکیہ نے بھی اسے دوبارہ آتے دیکھ کر ہتھیار تھام لیا اور قتل کا پختہ ارادہ کرکے کھڑا ہو گیا؛ مگر بادشاہ نے پھر اسے مخاطب کیا۔
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.