Markandeyapurana 50.15
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.15
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- Sanskrit
50.15
tasmācca puruṣāt putrau śatarūpā vyajāyata /
priyavratottānapādau prakhyātāvātmakarmabhiḥ //
Next the lord Brahmā became the guardian of his offspring by creating the first Manu Svāyambhuva,[5] begotten from and like unto himself, O brāhman,[6] and the woman Śatarūpā, who was cleansed from blemishes through austerities. The divine and mighty Manu Svāyambhuva took her for his wife. And through him her husband Śatarūpā brought forth two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, famed through their own actions, and two daughters also, Ṛddhi and Prasūti. Then their father gave Prasūti in marriage to Dakṣa and Ṛddhi to Ruci[7] of yore. The Prajāpati Rūci took his wife, and from them both a son Yajña was born and a daughter Dakṣiṇā,[8] O illustrious Sir; these two then became husband and wife, and Yajña begat of Dakṣiṇā twelve sons; the glorious sons of Yajña and Dakṣiṇā were the gods well known as the Yāmas in the epoch of Manu Svāyambhuva.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation