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य एव खलु कल्पेषु कल्पः संप्रति वर्तते ॥ तत्र संक्षिप्य वर्तंते सृष्टयः प्रतिसृष्टयः ॥ ६ ॥
Among these Kalpas, I describe the creation and re-creation of this Kalpa.
english translation
यस्त्वयं वर्तते कल्पो वाराहो नाम नामतः ॥ अस्मिन्नपि द्विजश्रेष्ठा मनवस्तु चतुर्दश ॥ ७ ॥
The current Kalpa is named Vārāha. O excellent brahmins, in this Kalpa the Manus are fourteen in number.
english translation
स्वायंभुवादयस्सप्त सप्त सावर्णिकादयः ॥ तेषु वैवस्वतो नाम सप्तमो वर्तते मनुः ॥ ८ ॥
Among the Manus, Svāyambhuva and others constitute the first seven Manus, Sāvarṇika and others constitute the next seven. Among them Vaivasvata Manu is the seventh.
english translation
मन्वंतरेषु सर्वेषु सर्गसंहारवृत्तयः ॥ प्रायः समाभवंतीति तर्कः कार्यो विजानता ॥ ९ ॥
It shall be known that in all the Manvantaras, the creation, sustenance and annihilation are more or less of the same nature.
english translation
पूर्वकल्पे परावृत्ते प्रवृत्ते कालमारुते ॥ समुन्मूलितमूलेषु वृक्षेषु च वनेषु च ॥ १० ॥
When the previous kalpa was reversed, the wind of time began to blow. They were uprooted from the trees and in the forests.
english translation