Shloka 12
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षं त्रेतायुगे तथा ।
प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौत्रैः स्वायम्भुवस्य च ॥
sasamudrākaravatī prativarṣaṃ tretāyuge tathā |
priyavratasya putrais taiḥ pautraiḥ svāyambhuvasya ca ||
Assim, também no Tretāyuga, a terra—dotada de mares e minas—foi organizada varṣa por varṣa pelos filhos de Priyavrata e pelos netos de Svāyambhuva (Manu).
FAQs
Cosmic time (yuga) and social order move together: righteous governance is presented as recurring across ages through well-ordered lineage and responsibility.
Manvantara and Vaṃśānucarita, with cosmographic framing; the yuga reference supports Purāṇic time-structuring within dynastic narration.
Mentioning Tretāyuga signals a ‘bright’ phase of dharma; the text implies that cosmic environments and human institutions co-arise in patterned cycles.