The Geography of the Puranas c6.66

c6.66

(1) The patriarch Dakṣa had by Prasūti 24 daughters: hear from me their names: Śraddhā (faith), Lakṣmī (prosperity), Dhṛti (steadiness), Kriyā (action, devotion), Puṣṭi (thriving), Medhā (intelligence), Tuṣṭi (satisfaction), Buddhi (intellect), Lajjā (modesty), Vapu (body), Śānti (expiation), Siddhi (perfection), Kīrtti (fame): these thirteen daughters of Dakṣa were married to Dharma (righteousness). The other eleven bright-eyed and younger daughters of the Patriarch were Khyāti (celebrity), Satī (truth), Sambhūti (fitness), Smṛti (remembrance), Prīti (love), Anasūyā (charity), Kṣamā (patience), Sannati (humility), Ūrjja (energy), Svāhā (offering) and Svadha (oblation). These maidens were respectively wedded to the Munis: Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīchi, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Atri and Vasiṣṭha; to Fire (Vahni) and to the Pitris (progenitors) (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Bk. I, Ch. VII, 23, 25).