श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण द्वादश स्कन्ध अध्याय 1 श्लोक 1-20

dvadash skandh: pratham adhyay

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: dvadash skandh: pratham adhyay shlok 1-20 ka hindi anuvad kaliyug ke rajavanshoan ka varnan raja parikshit ne poochha- bhagavanh! yaduvanshashiromani bhagavan shrikrishn jab apane paramadham padhar gaye, tab prithvi par kis vansh ka rajy hua? tatha ab kisaka rajy hoga? ap kripa karake mujhe yah batalaiye. shrishukadev ji kahate haian- priy parikshit! maianne tumhean navean skandh mean yah bat batalayi thi ki jarasandh ke pita vrihadrath ke vansh mean antim raja hoga puranjay ya ripuanjay. usake mantri ka nam hoga shunak. vah apane svami ko mar dalega aur apane putr pradyot ko rajasianhasan par abhishikt karega. pradyot ka putr hoga palak, palak ka vishakhayoop, vishakhayoop ka rajak aur rajak ka putr hoga nandivarddhan. pradyot-vansh mean yahi paanch narapati hoange. inaki sanjna hogi ‘pradyotan’. ye ek sau a datis varsh tak prithvi ka upabhog kareange. isake pashchath shishunag nam ka raja hoga. shishunag ka kakavarn, usaka kshemadharma aur kshemadharma ka putr hoga kshetraj. kshetraj ka vidhisar, usaka ajatashatru, phir darbhak aur darbhak ka putr ajay hoga. ajay se nandivarddhan aur usase mahanandi ka janm hoga. shishunag-vansh mean ye das raja hoange. ye sab milakar kaliyug mean tin sau sath varsh tak prithvi par rajy kareange. priy parikshit! mahanandi ki shudra patni ke garbh se nand namak putr hoga. vah b da balavanh hoga. mahanandi ‘mahapadm’ namak nidhi ka adhipati hoga. isiliye log use ‘mahapadm’ bhi kaheange. vah kshatriy rajaoan ke vinash ka karan banega. tabhi se raja log prayah shoodr aur adharmik ho jayeange. mahapadm prithvi par ekachchhatr shasak hoga. usake shasan ka ullanghan koee bhi nahian kar sakega. kshatriyoan ke vinash mean hetu hone ke ki drishti se to use doosara parashuram hi samajhana chahiye. usake sumaly adi ath putr hoange. ve sabhi raja hoange aur sau varsh tak is prithvi ka upabhog kareange. kautily, vatsyayan tatha chanaky ke nam se prasiddh ek brahman vishvavikhyat nand aur unake sumaly adi ath putroan ka nash kar dalega. unaka nash ho jane par kaliyug mean mauryavanshi narapati prithvi ka rajy kareange. vahi brahman pahale-pahal chandragupt maury ko raja ke pad par abhishikt karega. chandragupt ka putr hoga varisar aur varisar ka ashokavarddhan. ashokavarddhan ka putr hoga suyash. suyash ka sangat, sangat ka shalishook aur shalishook ka somasharma. shomasharma ka shatadhanva aur shatadhanva ka putr brihadrath hoga. kuruvanshavibhooshan parikshit! mauryavansh ke ye das narapati kaliyug mean ek sau saiantis varsh tak prithvi ka upabhog kareange. brihadrath ka senapati hoga pushyamitr shuang. vah apane svami ko marakar svayan raja ban baithega. pushyamitr ka agnimitr aur agnimitr ka sujyeshth hoga. sujyeshth ka vasumitr, vasumitr ka bhradrak aur bhadrak ka pulind, pulind ka ghosh aur ghosh ka putr hoga vajramitr. vajramitr ka bhagavat aur bhagavat ka putr hoga devabhoomi. shuangavansh ke ye das narapati ek sau barah varsh tak prithvi ka palan kareange. parikshit! shuangavanshi narapatiyoan ka rajy kal samapt hone par yah prithvi kanvavanshi narapatiyoan ke hath mean chali jayegi. kanvavanshi narapati apane poorvavarti rajaoan ki apeksha kam gun vale hoange. shuangavansh ka antim narapati devabhoomi b da hi lampat hoga. use usaka mantri kanvavanshi vasudev mar dalega aur apane buddhibal se svayan rajy prapt karega. vasudev ka putr hoga bhoomitr, bhoomitr ka narayan aur narayan ka susharma. susharma b da yashasvi hoga.