ध्रुवस्य तपः — देवमायाविघ्नाः, विष्णोर्दर्शनम्, स्तुतिः, ध्रुवस्थानप्रदानम्
केचिच् चतुर्युगं यावत् केचिन् मन्वन्तरं सुराः तिष्ठन्ति भवतो दत्ता मया वै कल्पसंस्थितिः
kecic caturyugaṃ yāvat kecin manvantaraṃ surāḥ tiṣṭhanti bhavato dattā mayā vai kalpasaṃsthitiḥ
काही देव चतुर्युगपर्यंत टिकतात, तर काही मन्वंतरभर; कल्पामध्ये त्यांच्या पदाची हीच मर्यादा आहे—जी मी तुला ठरवून सांगितली आहे.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
This verse highlights Manvantara as a major time-unit that determines how long certain classes of gods retain their cosmic offices, showing a structured, law-governed universe.
He states that some devas persist only through a caturyuga while others endure through a full Manvantara, indicating graded tenures within the larger Kalpa framework.
Even when not named directly, the verse supports Vaishnava cosmology: the universe runs by a fixed Kalpa-order ultimately grounded in the Supreme Reality who sustains and regulates time and beings.