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
ပထမဆုံး ပရဇာပတိဖြစ်သော စွာယမ္ဘုဝ မနု ဟူသော မနုရှိခဲ့သည်။ သူ၏ ဇနီးမှာ ရှတရူပါ ဖြစ်၍ ပရဇာပတိက မင်္ဂလာဆောင်ယူ하였다။ ထိုနှစ်ဦးမှ ပရိယဗြတ နှင့် ဥတ္တာနပါဒ ဟူသော သားနှစ်ယောက် မွေးဖွားလာ하였다။
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.