Shloka 70
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
तस्य मन्वन्तरे देवान् मुनिदेवेन्द्रपार्थिवान् ।
कथ्यमानान् मया ब्रह्मन् निबोध सुसमाहितः ॥
tasya manvantare devān munidevendrapārthivān | kathyamānān mayā brahman nibodha susamāhitaḥ ||
हे ब्राह्मण! उस मन्वन्तर में तुम पूर्ण सावधानी से सुनो, जब मैं देवताओं, ऋषियों, इन्द्र और राजाओं (पार्थिवों) का वर्णन करता हूँ।
FAQs
Purāṇic history is presented as a disciplined listening tradition (śravaṇa): attention (samāhita) is itself a prerequisite for receiving cosmological and dharmic knowledge.
Manvantara: the verse signals the canonical elements typically supplied for each manvantara—deities (devagaṇa), sages (saptarṣi), Indra, and royal lineages.
The fourfold enumeration (gods–sages–Indra–kings) mirrors a cosmic governance model: spiritual authority (ṛṣi), celestial administration (deva/Indra), and terrestrial order (rājā).