Shloka 35
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
इत्येतास्तनवस्तस्य सप्त मन्वन्तरेषु वै / सप्त चैवाभवन् विप्रा याभिः संरक्षिताः प्रजाः
ityetāstanavastasya sapta manvantareṣu vai / sapta caivābhavan viprā yābhiḥ saṃrakṣitāḥ prajāḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ അവന്റെ ഏഴ് മന്വന്തരങ്ങളിൽ നിശ്ചയമായും ഏഴ് ധാരണശേഷിയുള്ള തനുക്കൾ (പ്രകടശക്തികൾ) ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു; ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, പ്രജകൾ സംരക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുവാൻ ഏഴ് വിധത്തിലുള്ള ഉപാധികളും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു।
Sūta (narrator) recounting the teaching to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the one Lord whose manifest powers (tanavaḥ) operate across cosmic cycles, implying an underlying single reality that sustains and protects all beings through ordered manifestations.
No specific technique is named in this verse; it supports the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic view that meditation culminates in recognizing the one Ishvara whose śakti sustains the cosmos through recurring Manvantaras.
By focusing on a single supreme protector functioning through multiple sustaining powers, the verse aligns with the Purana’s synthetic theology where sectarian names differ but lordship and cosmic preservation are ultimately one.