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
ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ ദ്വിജനേ! ഞാൻ നിനക്കു ആറാം മന്വന്തരവും, മഹാത്മാവായ ചാക്ഷുഷന്റെ ജനനവും വൃത്താന്തവും വിവരിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു.
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.