Shloka 13
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
अपसर्पिणी न तेषां वै न चैवोत्सर्पिणी द्विज न त्व् एवास्ति युगावस्था तेषु स्थानेषु सप्तसु
apasarpiṇī na teṣāṃ vai na caivotsarpiṇī dvija na tv evāsti yugāvasthā teṣu sthāneṣu saptasu
O twice-born one, in those seven abodes there is neither the declining course of time nor its ascending course; indeed, the condition of the Yugas does not exist there at all.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Nature of time in the seven abodes—absence of temporal decline/ascension and yuga-condition
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas
Concept: Time is not uniform across all realms; certain sacred abodes lie outside the yuga-conditioned flow that governs ordinary human history.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Use the teaching to relativize worldly anxieties about decline and cultivate steadiness through sādhana that anchors awareness beyond time.
Vishishtadvaita: Differentiated realms within the Lord’s ordered cosmos show real plurality (cit-acit) while remaining governed by the one supreme ordinance.
Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)
FAQs
This verse states that certain higher or distinct cosmic regions are not governed by time’s declining or ascending phases, highlighting that temporal change is not uniform across all realms.
Parāśara tells Maitreya that in the seven specified abodes the usual Yuga-based framework (like Satya through Kali) does not operate, implying a different cosmological order beyond standard terrestrial time.
By distinguishing realms where ordinary time and Yuga change do not function, the text underscores a cosmos ordered by a higher sovereignty—ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the supreme regulator of creation and time.