राजा प्रभंकरो नाम कुले अस्मिन् बभूव ह ॥
अपुत्रः प्रसवेनार्थी तपस् तेपे स उत्तमम् ॥
उग्रेण तपसा तेन प्रणिपातेन शंकरः ॥
ईश्वरस् तोषितस् तेन महादेव उमापतिः ॥
स तस्मै भगवान् प्रादाद् एकैकं प्रसवं कुले ॥
एकैकः प्रसवस् तस्माद् भवत्य् अस्मिन् कुले सदा ॥
rājā prabhaṃkaro nāma kule asmin babhūva ha ||
aputraḥ prasavenārthī tapas tepe sa uttamam ||
ugreṇa tapasā tena praṇipātena śaṃkaraḥ ||
īśvaras toṣitas tena mahādeva umāpatiḥ ||
sa tasmai bhagavān prādād ekaikaṃ prasavaṃ kule ||
ekaikaḥ prasavas tasmād bhavaty asmin kule sadā ||
Chitravahana said: "A king named Prabhankara was in this line; childless, desiring offspring, he performed the highest austerity; by that fierce austerity and humble prostration, Shankara, the Lord, was gratified by him -- Mahadeva, the husband of Uma; that lord granted him one offspring in each generation of the lineage; hence there is always but one offspring in this line."
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Here the family's peculiar trait is explained as a gift from above. It is significant that the childless ancestor won offspring through austerity and the grace of Shiva: the continuation of a lineage is regarded as a gift of God, sought through tapas. And the succession of a family lies in the Lord's hand. Thus scripture shows the ancestral gift of Manipura; and this peculiarity will determine the condition of the marriage.