Shloka 27
Daitya–Dānava Vaṁśa, Kaśyapa’s Progeny, and the Birth of the Maruts
एष मन्वन्तरे सर्गो ब्रह्मन् स्वारोचिषे स्मृतः वैवस्वते च महति वारुणे वितते क्रतौ
eṣa manvantare sargo brahman svārociṣe smṛtaḥ vaivasvate ca mahati vāruṇe vitate kratau
O Brahman, this unfolding of creation is remembered as belonging to the Svārociṣa Manvantara; and it is again recounted in the great Vaivasvata age, within Varuṇa’s expansive rite, when the cosmic order is spread out in full measure.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Creation Stage: Manvantara
Manvantara: Svayambhuva/Svarochisha/Uttama/.../Vaivasvata (current, 7th)
Concept: Creation narratives are indexed to specific Manvantaras and recur in later cycles, indicating patterned cosmic repetition under ṛta.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Read cosmological accounts as cyclical frameworks (not linear history) and cultivate steadiness amid recurring change.
Vishishtadvaita: Implicitly supports ordered cosmic governance (niyati/ṛta) under the supreme Lord’s administration, even when narrated through Brahmā’s cycles.
FAQs
This verse highlights that creation (sarga) is not a one-time event but is remembered and described across multiple Manvantaras, especially the Svārociṣa and Vaivasvata epochs.
By stating that the same type of sarga is “remembered” in one Manvantara and “recounted again” in another, Parāśara frames cosmic history as cyclical and orderly rather than linear.
Even when Vishnu is not named explicitly, the Vishnu Purana’s Manvantara framework presumes a single supreme governance behind recurring creation—Vishnu as the sustaining sovereign of cosmic order across ages.