Shloka 12
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षं त्रेतायुगे तथा ।
प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौत्रैः स्वायम्भुवस्य च ॥
sasamudrākaravatī prativarṣaṃ tretāyuge tathā |
priyavratasya putrais taiḥ pautraiḥ svāyambhuvasya ca ||
اسی طرح تریتا یُگ میں بھی سمندروں اور کانوں سے آراستہ زمین کو پریہ ورت کے بیٹوں اور سوایمبھُو (منو) کے پوتوں نے ورش بہ ورش منظم کیا۔
FAQs
Cosmic time (yuga) and social order move together: righteous governance is presented as recurring across ages through well-ordered lineage and responsibility.
Manvantara and Vaṃśānucarita, with cosmographic framing; the yuga reference supports Purāṇic time-structuring within dynastic narration.
Mentioning Tretāyuga signals a ‘bright’ phase of dharma; the text implies that cosmic environments and human institutions co-arise in patterned cycles.