The Lineage of Manu: Manvantaras - Verse 197
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 36 · Verse 197
Sanskrit Original
न हि पूर्वनिसर्गे वै विषमे पृथिवीतले। प्रविभागः पुराणां वा ग्रामाणां वापि विद्यते।।
na hi pūrvanisarge vai viṣame pṛthivītale| pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ vā grāmāṇāṃ vāpi vidyate||
Sūta said-.: Thereupon, he removed the heaps or collections of rocks everywhere. The son of Vena removed with the tip of his bow all the mountains that had risen up. In the Manvantaras that had gone by, the Earth had been uneven. (Now) all her uneven parts became even naturally. In the previous creation when the surface of the Earth was uneven, there had been no distinction between cities and villages. There were no plants or crops. There was neither agriculture nor breeding of cattle. There was no market place or trade route. Such had been the condition formerely in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara. All these had been possible (or created) (only) in the Vaivasvata Manvantara.