Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Mārkaṇḍeya-varṇanam
The Description of Mārkaṇḍeya
दैवे युगसहस्रे द्वे ब्राह्मः कल्पौ तु तौ नृणाम् । एकसप्ततिसंख्यातैर्दिव्यैर्मन्वन्तरं युगैः ॥ २७ ॥
daive yugasahasre dve brāhmaḥ kalpau tu tau nṛṇām | ekasaptatisaṃkhyātairdivyairmanvantaraṃ yugaiḥ || 27 ||
Dos mil yugas divinos constituyen, para el cómputo humano, un kalpa de Brahmā (Brāhma‑kalpa). Y un manvantara se mide por setenta y un yugas divinos de ese tipo.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It places human history within vast divine time cycles, encouraging detachment from fleeting worldly concerns and alignment with dharma across cosmic rhythms.
By emphasizing the immensity of cosmic time, it implicitly redirects the seeker from temporary achievements to enduring refuge—steady devotion to the Supreme beyond kalpas and manvantaras.
It reflects Jyotiṣa-style time-reckoning (kāla-māna): standardized measures of yuga, manvantara, and kalpa used for calendrical, ritual, and cosmological computations.