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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.20.1

శౌనక ఉవాచ మహీం ప్రతిష్ఠామధ్యస్య సౌతే స్వాయమ్భువో మను: । కాన్యన్వతిష్ఠద్ ద్వారాణి మార్గాయావరజన్మనామ్ ॥ ౧ ॥
śaunaka uvāca
[shaunaka uvaacha]
mahīṁ pratiṣṭhām adhyasya
[maheem pratishthaam adhyasya]
saute svāyambhuvo manuḥ
[saute svaayambhuvo manuh]
kāny anvatiṣṭhad dvārāṇi
[kaany anvatishthad dvaaraani]
mārgāyāvara-janmanām
[maargaayaavara-janmanaam]
śaunakaḥ — Śaunaka uvāca — said mahīm — the earth pratiṣṭhām — situated adhyasya — having secured saute — O Sūta Gosvāmī svāyambhuvaḥ — Svāyambhuva manuḥ — Manu kāni — what anvatiṣṭhat — performed dvārāṇi — ways mārgāya — to get out avara — later janmanām — of those to be born.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śaunaka uvāca
śaunakaḥ
Śaunaka
uvāca
said
mahīṁ pratiṣṭhām adhyasya
mahīm
the earth
pratiṣṭhām
situated
adhyasya
having secured
saute svāyambhuvo manuḥ
saute
O Sūta Gosvāmī
svāyambhuvaḥ
Svāyambhuva
manuḥ
Manu
kāny anvatiṣṭhad dvārāṇi
kāni
what
anvatiṣṭhat
performed
dvārāṇi
ways
mārgāyāvara-janmanām
mārgāya
to get out
avara
later
janmanām
of those to be born.
Śrī Śaunaka inquired: O Sūta Gosvāmī, after the earth was again situated in its orbit, what did Svāyambhuva Manu do to show the path of liberation to persons who were to take birth later on?

The appearance of the Lord as the first boar incarnation occurred during the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, whereas the present age is in the period of Vaivasvata Manu. Each Manu’s period lasts seventy-two times the cycle of four ages, and one cycle of ages equals 4,320,000 solar years. Thus 4,320,000 × 72 solar years is the reign of one Manu. In each Manu’s period there are many changes in many ways, and there are fourteen Manus within one day of Brahmā. It is understood here that Manu creates scriptural regulations for the salvation of the conditioned souls, who come to the material world for material enjoyment. The Lord is so kind that any soul who wants to enjoy in this material world is given full facility for enjoyment and at the same time he is shown the path of salvation. Śaunaka Ṛṣi, therefore, inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī: “What did Svāyambhuva Manu do after the reinstatement of the earth in its orbital situation?”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śaunaka said: O son of Romaharṣaṇa! When Svāyambhuva accepted the earth as his shelter, what did he do to manifest the living beings after the appearance of the Kumaṛas? The secondary creation previously described in detail is again partially in the Twentieth Chapter, in order to relate the lineage stemming from Svāyambhuva Manu. Pratiṣṭhām means shelter. O son of Romaharṣaṇa (saute)! What did he do to manifest the jīvas who took birth after the Kumāras as a pastime of the Lord (avara-janmanām)? How did he create the more recent living beings?
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