Shloka 21
कालनिर्णयः (युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पप्रमाणम्) — Measures of Time and Cosmic Cycles
विंशतिश् च सहस्राणि कालो ऽयम् अधिकं विना मन्वन्तरस्य संख्येयं मानुषैर् वत्सरैर् द्विज
viṃśatiś ca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yam adhikaṃ vinā manvantarasya saṃkhyeyaṃ mānuṣair vatsarair dvija
اے دِوِج! انسانی برسوں کے حساب سے یہ مدت ٹھیک بیس ہزار ہے، بغیر کسی زائد باقی کے؛ یہی منونتر کی گنتی ہے۔
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse highlights that a Manvantara is a specifically countable cosmic period measured in human years, underscoring the Purana’s structured view of universal order and recurring governance under successive Manus.
Parāśara presents kāla as a defined, enumerable duration—measurable even in human units—indicating that cosmic epochs are not vague myths but organized cycles within the Purāṇic framework.
Even when not named directly, the chronology of Manvantaras functions within Vishnu’s supremacy as the sustaining and ordering principle, through whom cosmic governance and time’s cycles are intelligible.