Shloka 33
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
त्रीणि लक्षाणि वर्षाणां द्विज मानुषसंख्यया षष्टिं चैव सहस्राणि भविष्यत्य् एष वै कलिः
trīṇi lakṣāṇi varṣāṇāṃ dvija mānuṣasaṃkhyayā ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi bhaviṣyaty eṣa vai kaliḥ
Bạch bậc lưỡng sinh, theo số năm của loài người, Kali-yuga này sẽ kéo dài ba trăm sáu mươi nghìn năm.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse gives Kali-yuga’s span in human reckoning, anchoring the Purāṇa’s broader yuga-cycle chronology and its vision of dharma’s gradual decline before renewal.
Parāśara presents yuga-time as measurable and orderly—expressed in years—so Maitreya can understand the structured unfolding of history within Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic governance.
Even when the verse focuses on chronology, the implied framework is that the ages proceed under a higher, steady sovereignty—Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme Reality who upholds and ultimately restores cosmic order.