Shloka 4
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
मन्वन्तरं मयाख्यातं तव स्वायम्भुवं च यत् ।
स्वारोचिषाख्यमन्यत्तु शृणु तस्मादनन्तरम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
manvantaraṃ mayākhyātaṃ tava svāyambhuvaṃ ca yat |
svārociṣākhyam anyat tu śṛṇu tasmād anantaram ||
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—মই তোমাক যি স্বায়ম্ভুৱ মন্বন্তৰ ব্যাখ্যা কৰিছিলোঁ, সেয়া কোৱা হ’ল। এতিয়া তাৰ পিছত থকা ‘স্বাৰোচিষ’ নামে প্ৰসিদ্ধ অন্য মন্বন্তৰটো শুনা।
FAQs
The Purāṇic teacher proceeds by orderly succession (krama). Knowledge is transmitted as a disciplined sequence, not as scattered anecdotes.
Explicitly 'Manvantara'—the text moves from one Manu-era to the next.
The shift of manvantaras symbolizes transitions of cosmic administration—changes in the governing principles through which dharma is upheld in different epochs.