Shloka 6
कलिस्वरूप-वर्णनम् एवं कालमान-प्रस्तावना
चतुर्युगाण्य् अशेषाणि सदृशानि स्वरूपतः आद्यं कृतयुगं मुक्त्वा मैत्रेयान्त्यं तथा कलिम्
caturyugāṇy aśeṣāṇi sadṛśāni svarūpataḥ ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ muktvā maitreyāntyaṃ tathā kalim
ചതുര്യുഗങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാ ചക്രങ്ങളും സ്വഭാവത്തിൽ ഒരുപോലെ തന്നെയാണ്; എന്നാൽ ഹേ മൈത്രേയ, ആദ്യമായ കൃതയുഗവും അവസാനമായ കലിയുഗവും ഒഴിച്ചാൽ (മദ്ധ്യത്തിലെ രണ്ടും ഇടനില സ്വഭാവമുള്ളവ).
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames the four-yuga cycle as repeating with an essentially consistent structure, establishing a cosmic law of time that governs dharma’s rise and decline.
Parāśara signals that while all four-yuga cycles are fundamentally similar, special attention is given to the extremes—Kṛta as the first and Kali as the last—while the middle yugas are treated as intermediate states.
Even when not named in the verse, the yuga-order is understood in the Purana as upheld by Vishnu’s sovereignty over time and cosmic law, within which dharma is regulated across ages.