The Purana Index v2.c7.s2.3

v2.c7.s2.3

Daksa son of Varksi (Mārisā-Vi P) and Pracetas (Prācetasas-Vi P), a Prajāpati He first created the Devas, Asuras, men and others inhabiting the sky, earth and water Finding the creation incomplete, he went to the Vindhyas for tapas by bathing in the Aghamarsana and propitiating Hari with the hymn of hamsaguhya To him the Lord appeared and urged him to marry Asikni, daughter of Pañcajana and thus increase the created beings⁹ Of Asikni he begot 10,000 sons called Haryaśvas The latter proceeded to the western direction to the sacred lake Nārāyanasaras at the estuary of the Indus Purified by the bath and instructed by Nārada on the bondage of Samsāra, these took to the path of 'not returning' (anvartana) Daksa lamented and begot by the same wife a thousand sons, Sabalāśvas These again followed the path trodden by their elder brothers, advised by Nārada The enraged Daksa cursed that Nārada, the corrupter of youth, was ever to be a wanderer and to have no settled home The sage submitted to it without retaliating¹⁰ Consoled by Brahmā, Daksa further begot sixty daughters of Asikni (Vairini-M P) He bestowed ten on Dharma, twelve on Kaśyapa, twenty-seven on Soma, two each for Bhūta, Angiras, and Krśāśva, and the remaining five, of whom only four seem to be named (in v 21) on Tārksyā¹¹ Elsewhere it is said that thirteen daughters were given in marriage to Kaśyapa Went with Brahmā to meet Hiraṇyakaśipu, was present at the anointing of Vāmana; father of Aditi;¹³ cursed Śiva to become Lord of the ghosts and goblins, cursed the Moon god with consumption (yakṣma).¹⁴ Wondered at Mārkaṇḍeya’s vrata,¹⁵ had not yet seen the Supreme Being, identified with Hari.¹⁶