Vishnupurana 1.7.p1.2
A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam 1.7.p1.2
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1.7.p1.2
and the Lord God also divided the female into Saumya, Asaumya, Santa, Asānta, Sita, Asita, and many other parts resembling himself. Then the Lord appointed the Self-create Manu, formerly sprung from Brahmā's self, and resembling himself, to rule creatures. And that lord, the divine Self-create Manu, took to wife the female Satarupā, purged of all sin through asceticism. And to that person Satarupā bore Priyavrata and Uttānapada; and two daughters, named Prasuti and Akuti,—endowed, O thou cognisant of righteousness, with the perfections of beauty, and nobility. And the Lord of creatures of old conferred Prasuti on Daksha, and Akuti on Rucha. And unto this wedded couple were born, O exceedingly righteous one, Yajna and Dakshina; and these were then united in marriage. And ten sons were borne to Yajna by Dakshina. At the time of the Self-create Manu, these went by the designations of Deva and Yāma. And on Prasuti, Daksha begat four and twenty daughters,—whose names do thou hear, Sraddhā, Lakshmi, Dhriti, Tushti Pushti, Medha, Kriya Buddhi, Lajja, Vapu, Santi, Siddhi, and Kriti. These thirteen daughters of Daksha were wedded by the Lord Dharma. The daughters remaining after these elder ones, were eleven, furnished with fair eyes,—Khyati, Sati, Sambhuti, Smriti, Priti Kshamā, Sannati, Anasuyā, Urjjā, Swahā, and Swadhā.
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- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit