Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
मन्वन्तरेण चैकेन सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै / व्याख्यातानि न संदेहः कल्पः कल्पेन चैव हि
manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai / vyākhyātāni na saṃdehaḥ kalpaḥ kalpena caiva hi
ដោយពន្យល់តែមន្វន្តរៈមួយប៉ុណ្ណោះ វដ្តអន្តរកាលទាំងអស់ក៏ត្រូវបានពន្យល់រួចហើយ—គ្មានសង្ស័យឡើយ។ ដូចគ្នានេះ ដោយពន្យល់កល្បៈមួយ កល្បៈផ្សេងៗក៏ត្រូវបានយល់ដែរ ព្រោះវាដើរតាមលំនាំដូចគ្នា។
Sūta (narrator) explaining Purāṇic cosmological method to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic history as patterned and repeatable across Kalpas and Manvantaras, implying a stable underlying order (ṛta/dharma) within which the Self remains unchanged while worlds cycle.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it provides the cosmological and textual framework in which Kurma Purana’s Yoga teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion) are situated across repeating cycles of time.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; its takeaway supports the Purana’s integrative approach by treating dharma and cosmic order as consistent across cycles—the same continuity that allows Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings to be presented as harmonizable within recurring Kalpas.