Shloka 10
Time-Reckoning (Kāla-gaṇanā): Yugas, Manvantaras, Kalpas, and Prākṛta Pralaya
त्रिद्व्येकसाहस्त्रमतो विना सन्ध्यांशकेन तु / त्रेताद्वापरतिष्याणां कालज्ञाने प्रकीर्तितम्
tridvyekasāhastramato vinā sandhyāṃśakena tu / tretādvāparatiṣyāṇāṃ kālajñāne prakīrtitam
सन्ध्यांशकं विना तु त्रिद्व्येकसाहस्त्रं यथाक्रमम्। त्रेताद्वापरतिष्याणां कालज्ञानं प्रकीर्तितम्॥
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic teaching on kāla (time) to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by defining yuga-measures, it frames the changing field of dharma within time (kāla), while the Atman—taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana as beyond change—remains constant even as ages rise and fall.
No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; it provides the kāla-framework used by the Purāṇa to contextualize sādhanā—showing that disciplines (including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and yoga taught later) are undertaken within shifting yuga-conditions.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; however, as a Kurma Purana teaching it supports the shared Purāṇic framework in which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths operate within the same cosmic time-order (kāla) and yuga-dharma.