स्वायंभुवश्च स्वारोचिरौत्तमो रैवतस्तथा । तामसश्चाक्षुषः षष्ठस्तथा वैवस्वतोऽधुना
svāyaṃbhuvaśca svārocirauttamo raivatastathā | tāmasaścākṣuṣaḥ ṣaṣṭhastathā vaivasvato'dhunā
ஸ்வாயம்புவ, ஸ்வாரோசிஷ, உத்தம, ரைவத; பின்னர் தாமச, ஆறாவது சாக்ஷுஷ; இப்போது வைவர்ஸ்வத (மனு) ஆவார்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A sequential procession of Manus—Svāyambhuva, Svārociṣa, Uttama, Raivata, Tāmasa, Cākṣuṣa, and Vaivasvata—each holding a staff or scripture, moving along a time-river toward the present.
Cosmic time is structured into manvantaras, each guided by a Manu who establishes dharma for that era.
None; the verse is cosmological enumeration rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.