The son of Manu, viz., Shankhapada, imparted the knowledge of that religion to his own son Suvarnabha who was the Regent of the cardinal and subsidiary points. When, upon the expiration of the Krita Yoga, the Treta came, that religion once more disappeared from the world.
ततः शङ्खपदश्चापि पुत्रमात्मजमौरसम्। दिशां पालं सुवर्णाभमध्यापयत भारत। सोऽन्तर्दधे ततो भूयः प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे पुनः॥