Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
रैवते ऽप्यन्तरे चैव संभूत्यां मानसो ऽभवत् / संभूतो मानसैः सार्धं देवैः सह महाद्युतिः
raivate 'pyantare caiva saṃbhūtyāṃ mānaso 'bhavat / saṃbhūto mānasaiḥ sārdhaṃ devaiḥ saha mahādyutiḥ
In the Raivata Manvantara too, in the cycle presided over by Saṃbhūti, the deity Mānasā came into manifestation; and Saṃbhūta, of great radiance, appeared together with the Mānasas, along with the gods.
Suta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic chronology to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by describing “mind-born” (mānasa) manifestations within a Manvantara, it distinguishes changing cosmic appearances from the unchanging Self that underlies all cycles of creation.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it provides cosmological context that later supports Kurma Purana teachings on Yoga by showing the impermanent, cyclical nature of manifested beings and divine offices.
It does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; it reflects the Purāṇic framework in which divine manifestations and gods arise within ordered cosmic cycles—later harmonized in the Kurma Purana through Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.