Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, 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 ||
ထို့ပြင် သမီးနှစ်ယောက်လည်း ရှိခဲ့သည်—ဣဒ္ဓိ (Ṛddhi) နှင့် ပရသူတိ (Prasūti)။ ထို့နောက် ဖခင်သည် ပရသူတိကို ဒက္ခ (Dakṣa) ထံ ပေးအပ်၍၊ ယခင်က ဣဒ္ဓိကို ရုစိ (Ruci) ထံ ပေးအပ်ခဲ့၏။
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.