शौनक उवाच महीं प्रतिष्ठामध्यस्य सौते स्वायम्भुवो मनु: । कान्यन्वतिष्ठद् द्वाराणि मार्गायावरजन्मनाम् ॥ १ ॥
saunaka uvaca mahim pratistham adhyasya saute svayambhuvo manuh kany anvatisthad dvarani margayavara-janmanam
- saunakah
- Saunaka
- uvaca
- said
- mahim
- the earth
- pratistham
- situated
- adhyasya
- having secured
- saute
- O Suta Gosvami
- svayambhuvah
- Svayambhuva
- manuh
- Manu
- kani
- what
- anvatisthat
- performed
- dvarani
- ways
- margaya
- to get out
- avara
- later
- janmanam
- of those to be born.
Sri Saunaka inquired: O Suta Gosvami, after the earth was again situated in its orbit, what did Svayambhuva Manu do to show the path of liberation to persons who were to take birth later on?