Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.22

c6.22

The theory of the astronomers is in direct opposition to the explicit statements of the Purânas, which are in complete accord with the common belief.§ Thus the Vishnu Purâna says:—"When the first two stars of the Seven Rishis (the Great Bear) rise in the heavens, and some lunar asterism is seen at night at an equal distance between them, then the Seven Rishis continue stationary, in the conjunction, for a hundred years of men. At the birth of Parikshit they were in Maghâ; and the Kâli-age then commenced, which consists of 1200 (divine) years. When the portion of Vishnu (that had been born from Vasudeva) returned to heaven, then the Kâli-age commenced."*