Shloka 20
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
षष्ठे मन्वन्तरे चासीच्चाक्षुषस्तु मनुर्द्विजाः / मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रो देवानपि निबोधतः
ṣaṣṭhe manvantare cāsīccākṣuṣastu manurdvijāḥ / manojavastathaivendro devānapi nibodhataḥ
ഹേ ദ്വിജ ഋഷിമാരേ, ആറാം മന്വന്തരത്തിൽ ചാക്ഷുഷൻ മനുവായിരുന്നു; അതുപോലെ മനോജവൻ ഇന്ദ്രനായിരുന്നു. ഇപ്പോൾ ആ കാലത്തെ ദേവഗണങ്ങളെയും അറിയുക.
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic cosmology to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmological rather than directly metaphysical: it situates divine governance within cyclical time (Manvantaras). In Kurma Purana’s broader theology, such cycles are upheld by Īśvara, while the Atman remains unchanged amid changing cosmic administrations.
No explicit Yoga technique is taught in this verse. Indirectly, it supports Purāṇic contemplation (smṛti) on cosmic cycles—used as a meditative framework to cultivate detachment and discernment, themes later aligned with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis and Pashupata-oriented discipline.
The verse does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; it presents the shared Purāṇic view of ordered cosmic cycles with appointed Manus and Indras. In the Kurma Purana’s integrative approach, such cosmic order is ultimately grounded in the one Supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses.