Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 80, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
भविष्याश्च भविष्यन्ति सावर्णस्यान्तरे मनोः ।
तेषामिन्द्रो भविष्यस्तु बलिर्वैरोचनिर्मुने ॥
bhaviṣyāś ca bhaviṣyanti sāvarṇasyāntare manoḥ / teṣām indro bhaviṣyas tu balir vairocanir mune
ਭਵਿੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਵਰਣੀ ਮਨੂ ਦੇ ਮਨਵੰਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਹੀ ਹੋਣਗੇ। ਹੇ ਮੁਨੀ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੰਦਰ ਵਿਰੋਚਨ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਬਲੀ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।
FAQs
Purāṇas distinguish between ‘species’ (deva/daitya) and ‘office’ (Indra). The post of Indra can be held by one who has accumulated merit and is appointed by cosmic law—emphasizing karma and duty over mere label.
Manvantara: naming the future Indra for a given Manu is a canonical manvantara detail.
Bali as Indra symbolizes the cyclic balancing of power: forces once opposed to the devas can, through tapas/merit and divine ordinance, become instruments of order in another cycle.