कालनिर्णयः (युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पप्रमाणम्) — Measures of Time and Cosmic Cycles
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस् तु संपूर्णाः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विज सप्तषष्टिस् तथान्यानि नियुतानि महामुने
triṃśatkoṭyas tu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvija saptaṣaṣṭis tathānyāni niyutāni mahāmune
Oh dos veces nacido, oh gran sabio: según el cómputo numérico, ésta es la medida completa: treinta koṭis en total, y además sesenta y siete niyutas más.
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
They function as a technical vocabulary for cosmic measurement, showing that the universe and its cycles are described as an ordered, countable system rather than a random expanse.
He presents the cosmos through exact reckoning—step-by-step numerical accounting—so the listener (Maitreya) can grasp the scale and structure of the world within a coherent framework.
Even when the text speaks in numbers, the implied foundation is that the measurable cosmos operates under a supreme sustaining principle—Vishnu—whose sovereignty makes the universe intelligible and ordered.