### SB 2.10.1

> श्रीशुक उवाच\
> अत्र सर्गो विसर्गश्च स्थानं पोषणमूतयः ।\
> मन्वन्तरेशानुकथा निरोधो मुक्तिराश्रयः ॥१॥

> śrī-śuka uvāca\
> atra sargo visargaś ca\
> sthānaṁ poṣaṇam ūtayaḥ\
> manvantareśānukathā\
> nirodho muktir āśrayaḥ

*śrī-śukaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *atra*—in this *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*; *sargaḥ*—statement of the creation of the universe; *visargaḥ*—statement of subcreation; *ca*—also; *sthānam*—the planetary systems; *poṣaṇam*—protection; *ūtayaḥ*—the creative impetus; *manvantara*—changes of Manus; *īśa-anukathāḥ*—the science of God; *nirodhaḥ*—going back home, back to Godhead; *muktiḥ*—liberation; *āśrayaḥ*—the *summum bonum.*

**Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: "In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are ten divisions of statements regarding the following: creation of the universe, subcreation, planetary systems, protection by the Lord, creative impetus, change of Manus, science of God, return to home, back to Godhead, liberation, and the summum bonum.**