Shloka 23
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
विवस्वतः सुतो विप्राः श्राद्धदेवो महाद्युतिः / मनुः स वर्तते धीमान् सांप्रतं सप्तमे ऽन्तरे
vivasvataḥ suto viprāḥ śrāddhadevo mahādyutiḥ / manuḥ sa vartate dhīmān sāṃprataṃ saptame 'ntare
ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, വിവസ്വാന്റെ പുത്രനായ മഹാദ്യുതിയുള്ള ശ്രാദ്ധദേവനാണ് ജ്ഞാനിയായ മനു; ഇപ്പോൾ ഏഴാം മന്വന്തരത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം അധിപതിയായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (viprāḥ)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic order through Manvantara governance, implying a divinely sustained ṛta (order) within which dharma and Self-knowledge are pursued, though it does not explicitly define Ātman.
None directly; the verse is cosmological (Manvantara/Manu). In the Kurma Purana, such time-cycles contextualize when dharma, yajña, and later Pāśupata-oriented disciplines are taught and practiced.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; it supports the Purāṇic framework of divine governance where sectarian teachings (including Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis elsewhere in the text) operate within the same cosmic timeline.