Shloka 13
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
तामसस्यान्तरे देवाः सुरा वाहरयस्तथा / सत्याश्च सुधियश्चैव सप्तविंशतिका गणाः
tāmasasyāntare devāḥ surā vāharayastathā / satyāśca sudhiyaścaiva saptaviṃśatikā gaṇāḥ
ในมันวันตระแห่งตาَمสะ หมู่เทพคือ สุระ วาหะระยะ และทั้งสัตยะกับสุธิยะ—รวมกันเป็นคณะ (คณ) ยี่สิบเจ็ดหมู่ตามที่จดจำกัน
Sūta (narrating Purāṇic cosmology to the sages, in the style of traditional Itihāsa-Purāṇa discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by mapping cosmic administration (deva-gaṇas) across Manvantaras, the verse supports the Purāṇic view that changing divine offices operate within an unchanging metaphysical ground (Ātman/Brahman) that remains constant while cosmic cycles turn.
No specific practice is taught in this line; it provides cosmological context. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such Manvantara descriptions frame why Yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion) is urged as the stable means of liberation amid cyclical cosmic change.
The verse is not explicitly sectarian; it lists deva-hosts within cosmic time. In the Kurma Purana’s integrative approach, these deities function under the one supreme governance—often expressed as a harmony of Shaiva and Vaishnava theologies—rather than as competing ultimate principles.