श्री शुक उवाच
य एष उत्तानपदो मानवस्यानुवर्णितः ।
वंशः प्रियव्रतस्यापि निबोध नृपसत्तम ॥ २६ ॥
sri sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; yah-which; esah-this dynasty; uttanapadah-of King Uttanapada; manavasya-the son of Svayambhuva Manu; anuvarnitah-described following in the footprints of previous acaryas; vamsah-dynasty; priya-vratasya-of King Priyavrata; api-also; nibodha-try to understand; nrpa-sattama-O best of kings.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O best of kings [King Pariksit], I have now finished telling about the descendants of the first son of Svayambhuva Manu, Uttanapada. I shall now try to relate the activities of the descendants of Priyavrata, the second son of Svayambhuva Manu. Please hear them attentively.
Dhruva Maharaja was the son of King Uttanapada, and as far as the descendants of Dhruva Maharaja or King Uttanapada are concerned, their activities have been described up to the point of the Pracetas. Now Sri Sukadeva Gosvami desires to describe the descendants of Maharaja Priyavrata, the second son of Svayambhuva Manu.