Shloka 16
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
कन्ये द्वे च तथा ऋद्धिं प्रसूतिं च ततः पिता ।
ददौ प्रसूतिं दक्षाय तथा ऋद्धिं रुचेः पुरा ॥
kanye dve ca tathā ṛddhiṃ prasūtiṃ ca tataḥ pitā | dadau prasūtiṃ dakṣāya tathā ṛddhiṃ ruceḥ purā ||
また二人の娘、リッディ（Ṛddhi）とプラスーティ（Prasūti）もいた。そこで父はプラスーティをダクシャ（Dakṣa）に与え、先にはリッディをルチ（Ruci）に与えていた。
FAQs
Marriage is portrayed as a cosmic mechanism for orderly proliferation—alliances link prajāpatis and stabilize creation through sanctioned relationships.
Vaṃśa: establishing interlinked genealogies (Dakṣa, Ruci) that become major progenitors in later Purāṇic narratives.
Names like Ṛddhi (prosperity) and Prasūti (procreation) encode functions: abundance and generation are personified and ‘placed’ into the cosmic household through prajāpati unions.