Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
ध्यायतस्तस्य तानीह संभूत्यर्थमुपस्तिताः / मन्वंतरक्रमेणेह कनिष्ठाः प्रथमेन ताः
dhyāyatastasya tānīha saṃbhūtyarthamupastitāḥ / manvaṃtarakrameṇeha kaniṣṭhāḥ prathamena tāḥ
As he contemplated, they appeared here for the sake of coming into being; and in the sequence of the Manvantaras, in the first Manvantara they were the kaniṣṭhas—the youngest, the last in order.