Shloka 2
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
मन्वन्तरप्रमाणञ्च देवा देवर्षयस्तथा ।
ये च क्षितीशा भगवन् देवेन्द्रश्चैव यस्तथा ॥
manvantarapramāṇañ ca devā devarṣayas tathā | ye ca kṣitīśā bhagavan devendraś caiva yas tathā
并请你也宣说：一摩奴期（Manvantara）的量度（时长），其间诸天与天界圣仙，以及人间诸王，噢吉祥者；并同样说明那一时期的因陀罗（Indra）是谁。
FAQs
Each epoch has its own administrators—gods, sages, kings—implying dharma is upheld through coordinated roles rather than isolated power.
Manvantara: specification of time-measure and the recurring offices (Indra, devas, ṛṣis, kings) per Manu-cycle.
Indra and the ‘officials’ of an age symbolize operative faculties of the cosmos; the inquiry maps a metaphysical order onto a comprehensible administrative template.