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 ||
At mayroon ding dalawang anak na babae, sina Ṛddhi at Prasūti. Pagkaraan, ibinigay ng ama si Prasūti kay Dakṣa, at noon pa man ay ibinigay si Ṛddhi kay Ruci.
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.