Shloka 56
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
एतत्ते कथितं षष्ठं मया मन्वन्तरं द्विज ।
चाक्षुषस्य तथा जन्म चरितञ्च महात्मनः ॥
etat te kathitaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ mayā manvantaraṃ dvija / cākṣuṣasya tathā janma caritañ ca mahātmanaḥ
Demikianlah, wahai dwijati, telah kukisahkan kepadamu Manvantara keenam, demikian pula kelahiran dan riwayat Cākṣuṣa yang berhati luhur.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames history as cyclical and instructive: each manvantara is a lesson in how dharma is re-established through Manu and his institutions.
Manvantara: explicit closure of a manvantara unit; also supports vaṃśānucarita by summarizing Manu’s life-account.
The formal ‘kathitaṃ’ closure functions like a ritual boundary (saṃdhi), marking a completed cosmic cycle before the next begins.