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
आदि प्रजापती स्वायंभुव नावाचे मनु होते. त्यांची पत्नी शतरूपा; प्रजापतीने तिला विवाहाने स्वीकारले. त्या दोघांपासून प्रियव्रत व उत्तानपाद हे दोन पुत्र झाले।
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.