Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
औत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा ।
षडेते मनवोऽतीतास्तथा वैवस्वतोऽधुना ॥
auttamas tāmasaś caiva raivataś cākṣuṣas tathā | ṣaḍ ete manavo 'tītās tathā vaivasvato 'dhunā
பின்னர் உத்தம, தாமச, ரைவத, சாக்ஷுஷ (மனுக்கள்) வருகின்றனர். இவ்வாறு ஆறு மனுக்கள் கடந்தனர்; இப்போது வைவைஸ்வத (மனு) உள்ளார்.
By locating the ‘now’ within a sequence of cosmic administrations, the Purāṇa situates human life within a lawful continuum—encouraging responsibility within one’s epoch.
Manvantara: listing of Manus and identifying the current Manu (Vaivasvata).
‘Now is Vaivasvata’ is a cosmological timestamp; esoterically, it anchors spiritual practice to the conditions (dharma-tendencies) of the present cycle.