Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 23
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
विवस्वतः सुतो विप्राः श्राद्धदेवो महाद्युतिः / मनुः स वर्तते धीमान् सांप्रतं सप्तमे ऽन्तरे
vivasvataḥ suto viprāḥ śrāddhadevo mahādyutiḥ / manuḥ sa vartate dhīmān sāṃprataṃ saptame 'ntare
اے وِپرو، ویوَسوان کا فرزند، عظیم نور والا شرادھ دیو ہی وہ دانا منو ہے جو اس وقت ساتویں منونتر میں قائم ہے۔
Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (viprāḥ)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic order through Manvantara governance, implying a divinely sustained ṛta (order) within which dharma and Self-knowledge are pursued, though it does not explicitly define Ātman.
None directly; the verse is cosmological (Manvantara/Manu). In the Kurma Purana, such time-cycles contextualize when dharma, yajña, and later Pāśupata-oriented disciplines are taught and practiced.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; it supports the Purāṇic framework of divine governance where sectarian teachings (including Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava synthesis elsewhere in the text) operate within the same cosmic timeline.