The Kalpas and Manvantaras: their duration - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 6 · Verse 3
Sanskrit Original
समतीतस्य कल्पस्य वर्तमानस्य चानयोः। कल्पयोरन्तरं यत्र प्रतिसंधिश्च यस्तयोः। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि यथावत्कुशलो ह्यसि।।
samatītasya kalpasya vartamānasya cānayoḥ| kalpayorantaraṃ yatra pratisaṃdhiśca yastayoḥ| etadveditumicchāmi yathāvatkuśalo hyasi||
Sūta said: After propitiating the Sūta by means of words (and desirous of hearing) another story for that purpose, (he said)—“Hereafter O Sage conversant with the Kalpa, recount Pratisandhi to me. I wish to know this, viz.: the interim period between the two Kalpas i.e. the Kalpa that has passed and the Kalpa that is current. I wish to know the Pratisandhi (the period of transit) between these two. Indeed, you are sufficiently well-versed.”