Shloka 22
Time-Reckoning (Kāla-gaṇanā): Yugas, Manvantaras, Kalpas, and Prākṛta Pralaya
एकमत्र व्यतीतं तु परार्धं ब्रह्मणो द्विजाः / सांप्रतं वर्तते तद्वत् तस्य कल्पो ऽयमष्टमः
ekamatra vyatītaṃ tu parārdhaṃ brahmaṇo dvijāḥ / sāṃprataṃ vartate tadvat tasya kalpo 'yamaṣṭamaḥ
يا معشرَ ذوي الميلادين، لقد مضى باراردها واحد—أي نصفُ عمرِ برهما—وأمّا الآن فالنصفُ اللاحقُ الموافقُ جارٍ كذلك؛ وهذا الكَلْبَة الحاضر هو الثامن في تلك السلسلة.
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by describing Brahmā’s vast yet measurable lifespan, the verse implies that even the creator operates within time (kāla), while the Supreme Self is traditionally understood in the Purāṇic-Yogic view as beyond time and its divisions.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it supplies the cosmological frame (kāla, kalpa, parārdha) that later supports Yoga-shāstra instructions in the Kurma Purāṇa by placing human discipline (dharma, tapas, yoga) within a larger sacred chronology.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, as part of the Kurma Purāṇa’s synthetic outlook, such time-teachings are commonly treated as a shared Purāṇic cosmology within which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava revelations (including Pāśupata and bhakti-oriented teachings) are situated.