Shloka 42

मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरे तु संप्राप्ते तथा वैवस्वते द्विज वामनः कश्यपाद् विष्णुर् अदित्यां संबभूव ह

Transliteration

manvantare tu saṃprāpte tathā vaivasvate dvija vāmanaḥ kaśyapād viṣṇur adityāṃ saṃbabhūva ha

Translation

Khi Manvantara Vaivasvata đến, hỡi bậc song sinh, Viṣṇu—mang hình Vāmana—quả thật sinh ra từ Kaśyapa trong Aditi.

Word by Word

मन्वन्तरेin the Manvantara

तुindeed/then

संप्राप्तेhaving arrived / when it had come

तथाthus/likewise

वैवस्वतेin the Vaivasvata (period)

द्विजO twice-born (brāhmaṇa)

वामनःVāmana

कश्यपात्from Kaśyapa

विष्णुःViṣṇu

अदित्याम्in Aditi

संबभूवcame into being / was born

हindeed (narrative particle)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Vāmana

Kaśyapa

Aditi

Vaivasvata Manu

FAQs

What is the significance of the Vaivasvata Manvantara in the Vishnu Purana?

It is the current Manvantara of our age, within which major avatāras appear to uphold dharma, and this verse places Vāmana’s manifestation specifically in that cosmic period.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the appearance of avatāras across Manvantaras?

He narrates avatāras as periodic manifestations of Viṣṇu aligned with Manvantara cycles—timed descents that preserve universal order while remaining expressions of the same Supreme Lord.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu being ‘born’ from Kaśyapa and Aditi here?

The verse frames the avatāra as a divine manifestation entering a sacred lineage (Kaśyapa–Aditi) to accomplish cosmic governance, while maintaining Viṣṇu’s status as the transcendent Supreme Reality.