Matsyapurana 171.33
Matsyapurāṇa 171.33
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171.33
devī sarasvatī caiva brahmaṇā nirmitāḥ purā
etāḥ pañca variṣṭhā vai suraśreṣṭhāya pārthiva //
The twelve daughters, viz —Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kalâ, Anâyu, Siṃhikâ, Muni, Tāmrâ, Krodhâ, Surasâ, Vinatâ, and Kadrû were born of Dakṣa. The sage Marīchi produced Kaśyapa from his lustre and Dakṣa gave his twelve daughters in marriage to Kaśyapa and gave twenty seven daughters, that is the twenty seven asterisms beginning with Rohini, to the Moon Brahmâ created the five maids named Lakṣmī, Marutvatī, Sâdhyâ, Viśveśî, and Sarasvatî who were married to Dharmaraja The Consort of Brahmâ of great beauty and having the form of Kâma, stood before Her Lord as Surabhī, when He with the view of producing cows for the benefit of the world enjoyed in Her company when she gave birth to many smoke coloured progeny of huge bodies—29 36
Translations (2)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation