Shloka 132
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वम् आसन् ये तुषिताः सुराः वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे ते वै आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः
cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsan ye tuṣitāḥ surāḥ vaivasvate 'ntare te vai ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
Those gods once known as the Tuṣitas in the Manvantara of Cākṣuṣa are, in the Manvantara of Vaivasvata, remembered as the Twelve Ādityas.
Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How the same deva-groups assume different names/roles across successive manvantaras
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Manvantara
Manvantara: Vaivasvata
Concept: Across manvantaras, the same divine beings may be designated by different names and offices, reflecting the Lord’s cyclical ordering of time.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Hold life-changes and shifting roles with steadiness, seeing them as part of a larger providential rhythm, and anchor practice in the unchanging Lord.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord remains the single inner ruler and cause while real plurality of devas persists as functional manifestations within His cosmic body.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse shows that divine roles and names recur across Manvantaras—cosmic administrations change, yet the ordered structure of time continues under Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty.
He identifies them as the same class of gods appearing under different designations in different Manvantaras: Tuṣitas in Cākṣuṣa’s era and the Twelve Ādityas in Vaivasvata’s era.
Even when the verse lists deities and their changing titles, the Purāṇic framework implies a higher regulator—Vishnu—by whose will the cosmic offices, cycles, and harmonies of time remain intelligible and stable.