Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
आसीत्स्वायंभुवोनाम मनुराद्यः प्रजापतिः । आसीत्स्त्री शतरूपा तामुदुवोढ प्रजापतिः । प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ तस्याऽस्तां तनयावुभौ
āsītsvāyaṃbhuvonāma manurādyaḥ prajāpatiḥ | āsītstrī śatarūpā tāmuduvoḍha prajāpatiḥ | priyavratottānapādau tasyā'stāṃ tanayāvubhau
There was the primal Prajāpati named Svāyambhuva Manu, the first Manu. His wife was Śatarūpā, whom the Prajāpati took in marriage. From them were born two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: A serene court of beginnings: Svāyambhuva Manu and Śatarūpā seated as archetypal progenitors, with two princely children—Priyavrata and Uttānapāda—standing beside; Brahmā/Prajāpati aura implied, cosmic dawn light.
FAQs
Dharma is rooted in sacred lineage: the Purāṇas frame cosmic order through righteous progenitors and their descendants.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse establishes primordial genealogy that underlies later sacred geography.
None; the verse is genealogical narration.