Shloka 5
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
षडेते मनवो ऽतीताः सांप्रतं तु रवेः सुतः / वैवस्वतो ऽयं यस्यैतत् सप्तमं वर्तते ऽन्तरम्
ṣaḍete manavo 'tītāḥ sāṃprataṃ tu raveḥ sutaḥ / vaivasvato 'yaṃ yasyaitat saptamaṃ vartate 'ntaram
یہ چھ منو گزر چکے؛ اب موجودہ دور میں سورج کے فرزند، ویوسوت منو کی حکمرانی ہے۔ اسی کے عہد میں یہ ساتواں منونتر جاری ہے۔
Traditional Purana narrator (Suta-style narration within the Kurma Purana’s discourse on cosmic chronology)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily chronological, mapping the flow of Manvantaras; it implies the ordered governance of cosmic time under Dharma, within which realization of Atman is pursued in later teachings.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it sets the cosmological framework (the current Vaivasvata Manvantara) in which Kurma Purana’s later disciplines—such as Pashupata-oriented devotion, dharma, and contemplative worship—are situated.
It does not directly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; instead, it establishes the shared Purana worldview of cyclic time and dharmic order, within which the text later harmonizes Shaiva and Vaishnava teachings.