Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 11
Manvantara Administration: Appointment of Manus, Indras, and the Restoration of Dharma
एतत् कल्पविकल्पस्य प्रमाणं परिकीर्तितम् । यत्र मन्वन्तराण्याहुश्चतुर्दश पुराविद: ॥ ११ ॥
etat kalpa-vikalpasya pramāṇaṁ parikīrtitam yatra manvantarāṇy āhuś caturdaśa purāvidaḥ
In one kalpa, or one day of Brahmā, there take place the many changes called vikalpas. O King, all of these have been previously described to you by me. Learned scholars who know the past, present and future have ascertained that in one day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The System of Universal Management.”
FAQs
This verse states that the Purāṇa-knowers declare fourteen manvantaras within a single kalpa.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is speaking, continuing his systematic explanation of universal time to King Parīkṣit.
It broadens one’s perspective beyond short-term anxieties, encouraging steady bhakti by remembering that time moves in vast cycles under the Lord’s order.