Re: PRAJAPATI DAKSHA- PART1
Rajaram Krishnamurthy
Two Dakṣas.
In most of the Purāṇas references about two Dakṣas occur. In some Purāṇas both are referred to as one and the same person, whereas in some others both are considered as separate persons, so much so the stories concerning both are interlocked and entangled very often. The fact is that there was only one Dakṣa, whose life was of two stages. The first Dakṣa was killed at the sacrifice of Dakṣa, at which point, ends the first stage, or the first Dakṣa. The second stage was the rebirth of the same Dakṣa. A short biography of Dakṣa including both stages is given below:—
Brahmā created by his mind, the seven great hermits, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulastya, Vasiṣṭha, Pulaha and Kratu. So these seven hermits are called the Mānasaputras (sons born from mind) of Brahmā. After this, from the anger of Brahmā, Rudra was born, and from his lap Nārada,*** from his right thumb Dakṣa, from his mind the Sanakas and from his left thumb a daughter named Vīraṇī were born. "vīraṇī nāma tasyā stu asiknītyāpi sattamā"From this passage which occurs in Kālikā Purāṇa it may be assumed that 'Asiknī' was another name of Vīraṇī. Dakṣa did penance in the mountain of Vindhya for a long time. It is mentioned in Bhāgavata, Skandha 8, that Mahāviṣṇu appeared before Dakṣa and gave him Asiknī as his wife.
***{KR: Mr GOPALA WROTE AS USUAL ERROR PRONE VEDIC SCRIPTURES WITHOUT VERIFICATION AS UNDER IN THE OPENING LINE ITSELF: “ In the first birth he was mind born son of Brahma. In the second birth he was born to sage .” AGAIN 3ND TIME IN THE MIDDLE HE REPEATED WITHOUT MIND BORN VISION WROTE AS,”( The Daughters of Prasuti (First Wife) In Daksha's first life, he was a mind-born son of Brahma and married Prasut) . BUT HE WAS BORN FROM THE THUMB RIGHT OF BRAHMA NAD NOT MIND WHEREAS LEFT THUMB BORN WAS VIRANI @ ASIKINI; AND RIGHT THUMB BORN MARRIED THE LEFT THUMB (! ). AS USUAL, WITHOUT PROPER VERIFICATION, Mr GOPALA AGAIN WROTE THAT ASKININI WAS MARRIED TO 2ND TIME BORN DHAKSHA WHICH IS INCORRECT, AS COULD BE SEEN BELOW :
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DAKSA. 1ST AND ASKININI WIFE:
Several sons were born to Daksa RIGHT THUMB by his wife Asikni.LEFT THUMB The last one was a daughter named SatI who became the wife of Siva. At this time Daksa performed a sacrifice. As he was not invited to that sacrifice, Siva sent Virabhadra and Bhadraka.li and killed Daksa. Though the devas put the head of a goat in place of the lost head and brought Daksa to life again, no reference is made about the life of Daksa after the sacrifice. Thus, the first stage of the life of Daksa ends. (Devi Bhagavata, Skandha 7).
After this, once the Pracelascs (the ten sons of Barhis) were engaged in penance and the earth was not properly cultivated in consequence of which big trees grew up and the whole of the earth was changed into a big forest. The sky was covered with tree tops. It was difficult even for the wind to pass through them and thus the forest thrived for ten thousand years. The pracetases got out of the sea after penance and entered the shore. When they saw the big forest they got angry and the ten of them discharged fire and wind from their faces. The wind up-rooted the trees and the fire dried them. Thus almost the whole of the trees were consumed. Then Candra, the King of the medicinal herbs came there and told the Pracetases "Oh, Kings, hold your anger. I will make the trees conclude a treaty with you. The beautiful Marisa who was born to the trees is my foster-daughter. I give her to you as your wife. From half the portion of your minds and half the portion of my mind the great and wise prajapati Daksa is going to take birth in her womb". The Pracetases controlled their anger and accepted Marisa as their wife, at the words of Somadeva (Candra) and as the son of the ten pracetases the Prajapati Daksa was born. With this the second stage of the life of Daksa begins. The important occurrences in the two stages of the life of Daksa are given below in their order.
2 ) Daksa's creation of the prajas or subjects. Once Brahma called Daksa and ordered him to create prajas or subjects. Accordingly Daksa created the gods, the hermits, the Gandharvas (Demi-gods), the Asuras, the serpents etc. Seeing that the subjects he created were not proliferating as required he thought of creating subjects by coition of male and female; and he begot by his wife Asikni five thousand sons, and they were called Haryasvas. They in their turn were about to create subjects when Narada appeared before them and said "Oh, Haryasvas, you are mere children and ignorant of the secrets of this world. How do you intend to create subjects ? You fools, since you have the power to go up and down and lengthwise and breadthwise, why don't you try to find out the extremities of the earth ?" Hearing the words of Narada, they all ran in different directions and have not returned since. Thus Daksa lost the Haryasvas. Daksa again begot thousand sons by Asikni and they were called Sabalasvas. Seeing that they also were about to create subjects Narada scattered them also, by some tricks. The Sabalasvas who had gone to see the end of the earth have not yet returned.
Daksa got angry with Narada and cursed him thus : "You also, like my children shall wander from place to place all over the earth". From that dry onwards Narada became a wanderer, without a fixed dwelling place. The wise Prajapati Daksa again begot sixty damsels by Asikni. Ten of the girls were given to Dharma deva, thirteen of them to Kasyapa, twenty-seven of them to Soma, and four of them to Arista-nemi. Of the rest two were given to Bahu-putra, two to ANgiras and two to the wise Krsasva. The names of the wives of each are given below : —(1) Kasyapa.{ Aditi, Dili, Danu, Arista, Surasa, Khasa, Surabhi, Vinata, Tamra, Krodhavasa, Ira, Kadru, Muni.} 13
(2) DharmadeVA. {ArundhatI, Vasu, Yami, Lamba, Bhanu, MarutvatI, Sankalpii, Muhurta, Sadhya, Visva.}10
(3) Soma. {Asvayuk, Bharani, Krttika, RohinI, Mrgasiras, Tarakam (Ardra), Punarvasu, Pusyam, Aslesam, Janakam, PhalgunI, Uttaraphalgunam, Hastam, Citra, Svatl, Visakham, Anuradha, Jyestha, Mulam, Purvasadham, Uttarasadham, Srona, Sravistha, Pracetas, Purvaprosthapadam, Uttaraprosthapadam, Revatl.}27
The names of the wives given to Angiras, Arisfanemi, Bahuputra and Krsasva are not mentioned.(10) =60 TOTALLY. Besides these damsels, twenty four daughters were born to Daksa of his wife Prasuti who was the sister of Uttanapada.
Dharmadeva married thirteen of them also, named Sraddha, LaksmI, Dhrti, Tusti, Medha, Pusti, Kriya, Buddhi, Lajja, Vapus, Santi, Siddhi, Klrti. 13
Of the rest, Khyati was given to Bhrgu,
SatI to Siva, Sarhbhuti to Marlci, Smrti to Angiras,
Prlti to Pulastya, Ksama to Pulaha, Santati to Kratu,
Anasuya to Atri, Drja to Vasistha, Svaha to Agnideva
and Svadha to the Manes. (Visnu Purana, Chapter 15). (11) Total 24
3) Sacrifice of Daksa. Once Daksa performed a sacrifice called Brhaspati savana. To this sacrifice he did not invite his daughter SatI or her husband Siva. Daksa did not invite them because of three reasons according to the Puranas.
(1 ) Once Durvasas, the son of Atri, went to Jambunada and meditated with the mantra or spell of 'Mayablja' and worshipped Jagadambika (mother of the world ) the goddess there. The goddess was much pleased and gave him as a token of her pleasure the garland of flowers she wore from which nectar was oozing. Durvasas wore it on his head and went to the palace of Daksa, the Prajapati. When he saw such a wonderful garland which was not of this world, he wanted to have it and Durvasas instantly gave it to Daksa. He placed it in a prominent place in his bedroom and enjoying the wonderful fragrance of it he conjugated with his wife, and polluted that pure garland by his lust. Siva and his wife came to know of this and they scolded Daksa, who kept this bitterness in his heart and when the sacrifice was performed, he decided not to invite them. (Devi Bhagavata, Skandha 7). {kr many may not know why daksha did not invite shiva and Sati Parvati.}
(2) Siva was considered as a polluted man by Daksa as he had always been carrying with him the skull of Brahma and so he thought it wrong on his part to admit his daughter and son-in-law to the sacrificial hall. The story of how Siva came to have the skull, is given below. In days of old when the whole world was under the single ocean (of the great flood) the sun, the moon, the fire, air everything was destroyed and darkness prevailed. All the vegetations were destroyed. All the emotions and non-emotions disappeared. The supreme Lord was sleeping for so many thousands of nights together. At the end of the night he assumed the attribute of 'Rajoguna' (activity) and got ready to create the universe. From the face of the Supreme Lord and creator of the universes came out Brahma with five faces. In the same way, Siva with three eyes and matted hair, and trident and rosary of beads (Elaeo carpus) and with attribute of 'Tamas' (darkness — destruction) also came out. Both Brahma and Siva were filled with egoism and both began to quarrel with each other. It was a contest as to who was greater. The contest ended in attack. Siva plucked off the fifth head of Brahma, when the same face, flushed with anger, scolded Siva. The head fell into the hands of Siva, who could not throw it down as it didn't come off from his hand. Brahma cursed Siva and made him polluted. Since Siva became polluted (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 7).
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Cursing Candra. Candra had married twentyseven daughters of Dakṣa. But he showed particular attachment to Rohiṇī. The other twentysix wives could not bear this. They made a complaint to their father Dakṣa. Dakṣa called Candra and advised him to show equal attachment to all his wives and not to show any partiality to anyone. Candra did not gainsay his father-inlaw, but he did not make any change in his disposition. After a few days all the daughters except Rohiṇi went to the palace of Dakṣa and told him that they were going to stay with him. This time Dakṣa got angry and called Candra and cursed him to become a sick man (of consumption).
From that day onwards Candra became a patient affected with consumption. All the vegetations in the world began to weaken. It appeared that the world was about to be destroyed. So the gods approached Dakṣa and requested him to show some leniency towards Candra. Dakṣa accordingly called Candra and told him that he would be affected by consumption only for a fortnight and after that he would recover gradually. Candra went to Prabhāsa tīrtha and Sarasvatī tīrtha and dipped in water. He began to recover from that day. It is according to the curse of Daksa that Candra (Moon) waxes and wanes. (Mahābhārata Śalya Parva, Chapter 35).
Other information.
(2) When the emperor Pṛthu milked the earth, Dakṣa was crowned as the King of the subjects.
(3) It occurs in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 11, Stanza 18, that Dakṣa was a member of the assemibly of Brahmā.
(4) Dakṣa was one of those who visited Bhīṣma in his bed of arrows. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Chapter 47).
(5) Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 166 that the devas, the manes, the gandharvas, the celestial maids, the Rākṣasas, animals and birds, fishes and all living creatures were born from the daughters of Dakṣa.
*). Though Dakṣa was brought to life again with the head of a goat there is no mention of him again in the Purāṇas. We hear of Dakṣa again as the son of Māriṣā.*.
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DAKSAYAlVi. Daughter of Daksa. This name is generally used for all the daughters of Daksa. Occasionally this name is used for the grand daughters of Daksa also. {KR DAAKSHAYINI IS NAME OF SO MANY INCLUDING PARVATI}
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1-5. Sūta said :-- Glad to hear the excellent divine stories of the Solar and Lunar races, the virtuous King Janamejaya, the son of Parīkṣit, again asked :-- “O Lord! I am now very eager to hear the increase of the two lines of Kings. O Sinless One! You know everything. So kindly describe, in detail, the pure histories, capable to destroy sins, of the kings and their characters. The kings of the Lunar and the Solar races were great Bhaktas of the Highest Śakti, Śrī Bhagavatī Devī; this I have heard. O Muni! Who wants not to hear further on the glorious anecdotes of the Bhaktas of the Śrī Devī?” When the Rājarṣi asked thus, the Muni Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyan, the son of Satyavatī began to narrate gladly the several deeds of the Kings.
6-13. O King! I am now narrating to you in detail the origin, etc., of the Lunar and the Solar dynasties as well as of other kings in their connection. Hear attentively. The four-faced Brahmā sprang from the navel of Viṣṇu; engaged in practising Tapasyā, he began to worship the Mahā Devī Durgā, extremely hard to conceive. Mahā Devī, pleased at his worship, granted boon to Brahmā; Brahmā, the Grandsire of all the Lokas on thus getting the boon, became ready to create the world; but he could not create all on a sudden the human beings. Though the creation was eternally fashioned by the Pramātmā Bhagavatī, the four-faced Brahmā thinking over in his mind variously, could not quickly spread it out and accomplish it as a veritable fact. Therefore He, the Prajāpati, first created mentally the seven mind-born sons. These were known by the names of Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and Vaiśiṣṭha. Next sprang Rudra from the anger of Prajāpati, Nārada from his lap; Dakṣa from his right thumb. Thus Sanaka and the other Ṛṣis were also his mind-born sons. O King! The wife of Dakṣa was born from the left thumb of Prajāpati; this all-beautiful daughter is well known in all the Purāṇas by the name of Vīriṇī and Asiknī. Nārada, the chief of the Devarṣis, was born, on some other occasion in her womb.
14-17. Janamejaya said :-- “O Brāhmāṇ! A great doubt arises in me to hear that the great ascetic Nārada was born of Dakṣa in the womb of Vīriṇī. The Muni Nārada indeed, was the son of Brahmā; moreover be was the foremost of the ascetics and especially endowed with the knowledge of Dharma; how, then, can he be born of the womb of the Daksha’s wife Vīriṇī. Well, if that be so, then describe, in detail, that wonderful story of the birth of Nārada in the wmb of Vīriṇī.
18-31. O Muni! Under whose curse, the high-souled Nārada though very wise, had to leave his first body and be born again.”
Vyāsa said :-- O King, Brahmā, the Self-born, with a view to create offspring, ordered first Dakṣa :-- “Go and multiply innumerable children for the increase of the world.” Thus ordered by his father the Prajāpati Dakṣa produced five thousand powerful and heroic sons in the womb of Vīriṇī. Seeing all the sons of Dakṣa, desirous to multiply, the Devarṣi Nārada urged on, as it were, by Fate, began to laugh at them. How do you desire to multiply when you know not the dimensions and capacity of earth; so you will, no doubt, be put to ridicule and laughter. Rather, if you proceed on work, knowing beforehand the earth’s capacity, your efforts will be fruitful. Otherwise, your attempt will no doubt, end in failures.
Alas! You are awfully illiterate! Not knowing the dimensions of the world, you are ready to multiply your progeny; how, then, can you meet with success! Vyāsa said :-- O King! Hearing, all on a sudden, these words, Haryaśva and other sons began to speak with each other, “What this Muni has told, is very true. Let us then ascertain the earth’s dimensions; we can easily multiply afterwards.” Thus saying, they all went out to reconnoitre the earth. Thus excited at Nārada’s words, some went eastward, some southwards, some towards the north and some went to west all simultaneously and, as they liked, to make a survey of the earth. When the sons went away, Dakṣa became exceedingly sorry on their absence. Bent again on multiplying, he begat other sons; those sons again wanted to procreate.
Seeing them, Nārada again laughed and said :--Alas! What fools are you! Not knowing the dimensions of the earth, why are you ready to procreate? They were deluded by Nārada’s words, took them as true, and went out as their elder brothers did. Not being able to see those sons, Prajāpati Dakṣa became very sorrowful for them and cursed Nārada in rage.
32-38. Dakṣa said :-- “O Evil-minded One! You have destroyed my sons; so be yourself destroyed; you will have to be born in the womb for your sin in causing the death of my sons; you have caused my sons to go abroad; so you must be born as my son.” Thus cursed by Dakṣa, Nārada had to take his birth in the womb of Vīriṇī. I heard also that the Prajāpati Dakṣa begat afterwards sixty daughters in her womb. O King! Dakṣa, the great knower of Dharma, then gave up the sorrows for his sons and married his thirteen daughters to the high-souled Kaśyapa, ten daughters to Dharma, twenty-seven daughters to the Moon, two to Bhṛgu, four to Aṛṣṭanemi, two to Kriśāśva and the remaining two to Aṅgirā. Their sons and grandsons, the Devas and Dānavas, became powerful but antagonistic towards each other. All of them were heroes and very Māyāvis; so, deluded by their greed and jealousy, they quarrelled amongst each other.
Here ends the First Chapter in the Seventh Book on the beginning of the narrative of the Solar and the Lunar lines of kings in the Mahā Purāṇam Śrī Mad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharṣi Veda Vyāsa.
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K RAJARAM IRS 4626
--PRAJAPATI DAKSHA- PART1
Dear friends,
This is a posting about Prajapati Daksha. After his death he had a 2nd Birth and Death. In the first birth he was mind born son of Brahma. In the second birth he was born to sage .
In the first birth he was fully grown up and he was born for creation. According to many Puranic scriptures, Daksha married Prasuti, mind born daughter of Brahma in his first birth.
In the second birth he was born as usual as a human being. Here also he was born for creation. Asikni (also referred to as Panchajani, and Virani) daughter of another Prajapati named Virana was his mother and his father was Prachetas. His wife was Marisha.
All information is compiled from websites and Google AI mode QA accepting as correct
I am not having copy of any epic or Veda which may contradict some information.
The posting is for normal members like me interested to read such topics. For me Daksha had a second birth itself is a new information.
R. Gopalakrishnan (former ITS) dated 04-06- 2026
Introduction
Daksha is a Hindu god whose role underwent a significant transformation from Vedic to Itihasa-Puranic legends. In the Rig-Veda, Daksha is an aditya and is associated with priestly skills.In the epics and Puranic scriptures, he is a son of the creator-god Brahma and one of the Prajapati, the agents of creation, as well as a divine king-rishi.
He is the father of many children in both births , who became the progenitors of various creatures.
According to legends, Daksha conducted a yanja where Lord Siva did not wake up being one of the Trinties. Since Lord Siva married his daughter sati, Daksha expected Lord Siva must wake up when he enter, being his son in law. Daksha did not appreciate the action of Lord Siva.
Later Daksha conducted a large yajna (fire-sacrifice), and deliberately did not invite his youngest daughter Sati and her husband Shiva. In the Linga Purana, for insulting Shiva during this event, which caused Sati to self-immolate in fury, he was beheaded by Virabhadra, a fearsome form of Shiva.
He was later resurrected with the head of a goat to complete the yanja.
Many Puranas state that Daksha was reborn to Prachetas in another Manvantara (age of Manu).
His iconography depicts him as a man with a stocky body and a handsome face or the head of a goat.
Etymology and textual history
According to the Bhagavata Purana, Daksha got this name as he was expert in begetting children. The word also means "fit", "energetic" and "fire". Daksha also has another name "Kan" Or "Aja-Daksha".
Daksha finds mentions in the ancient scripture Rig-Veda (2nd millennium BCE), where he is described as an Aditya ('son of the goddess Aditi') and specifically associated with the skilled actions of sacrificers.
Later, in the Brahmanas (900 BCE - 700 BCE), he is identified with the creator deity Prajapati. Key elements of Daksha including his yajna and ram head, which later became a key feature in the Puranic iconography, are first found in the Taittiriya Samhita version of the Yajur Veda.
The epics—the Ramayana and the Mahabharata—also mention Daksha. Most of the stories about Daksha are found in the Puranas (3rd - 10th century CE).
Legends about Daksha
Birth-The epic Mahabharata describes Daksha and his wife emerging from the right and left thumbs of the Hinduism creator god Brahma respectively.
According to Matsya Purana, Daksha, Dharma, Kamadeva, and Agni were born from Brahma's right thumb, chest, heart and eyebrows each.
According to many texts including the Bhagavata Purana, Daksha is born twice—first as a Manasaputra (mind-created son) of Brahma and later, as a son of Prachetas and Marisha.
In contrast to the later Puranic myths, the Rig Veda states that Daksha and the goddess Aditi emerge from one another, thus he is both her son and father.
Consorts and children
According to many Puranic scriptures, Daksha married Prasuti in his first birth and Asikni in his second birth. Prasuti is described to be a daughter of Svayambhuva Manu, with whom Daksha had 16, 27 or 60 daughters. Asikni (also referred to as Panchajani and Virani) is the daughter of another Prajapati named Virana (or Panchajana).
Daksha was delegated by Brahma to inhabit the world; he went on to create Gods, Sages, Asuras, Yakshas and Rakhashas from the mind but failed to be further successful.
Upon a successful penance at the Vindhyas, the god Vishnu granted Asikni as his wife and urged him to engage in sexual union.
In summary all daughters and sons born to Daksha were humans.
Sons born to Daksha
Main article: Haryashvas and Shabalashvas
According to the Puranas, Daksha and Asikni first produced five thousand sons, who were known as Haryashvas. They were interested in populating the Earth but upon the advice of Narada, took to discovering worldly affairs instead and never returned.
Brahma to have consoled a grievous Daksha after this loss.
Daksha and Asikni again produced another thousand sons (Shabalashvas), who had similar intentions but were persuaded by Narada to the same results.
An angry Daksha cursed Narada to be a perpetual wanderer.
Prajapati Daksha cursed sage Narada out of intense anger and grief because Narada continually convinced Daksha's sons to renounce the world and pursue spiritual liberation rather than marrying and creating progeny.
The legendary clash unfolded in the following way:
The First Generation (Haryaśvas): Daksha initially fathered 10,000 sons and instructed them to populate the world. Narada met them, enlightened them on the temporary nature of the material world, and convinced them to seek spiritual liberation instead. They all left and never returned.
The Second Generation (Sabalāśvas): Grief-stricken but determined, Daksha fathered another 1,000 sons to fulfil the task. Narada approached them as well and convinced them to follow the same path of renunciation.
The Curse: Foiled twice, Daksha was furious. He confronted Narada, accusing him of being a heartless rogue who ruined his family line and children's futures.
He cursed the sage so that he would never be able to sit or stay permanently in one place and would be forced to wander the universe forever.
The Aftermath: Narada humbly and peacefully accepted the curse, seeing it as an opportunity to spread spiritual knowledge across all realms
Daughters of Daksha
The Puranic scriptures differ in the number of Daksha's daughters. They were married to different deities, sages and kings, and became the progenitors of various kinds of creatures.
According to the Mahabharata (Harivamsa), the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana and the Vishnu Purana, Daksha fathered 60 daughters from Asikni:
10 of those daughters—Maruvati, Vasu, Jami, Lamba, Bhanu, Urjja, Sankalp, Mahurath, Sadhya, Vishva—were married to Dharma deva, the god of Dharma
13 daughters—Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kashtha, Arishta, Surasa, Surabhi, Tamra, Krodhavasha, Sarama, Timi, Ira, Muni—were married to sage Kashyapa
27 daughters—Ashvini, Bharani, Krttika, Rohini, Mrigashira, Tarakam or Ardra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Ashlesha, Janakam or Magha, Phalguni, Uttarphalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Svati, Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyestha, Mula, Purvashadha, Uttarasadha, Srona or Shravana, Dhanistha or Shatabhisha, Abhijit or Prachetas, Purvabhadrapada, Uttarabhadrapada and Revati—were married to Chandra, the god of the Moon and vegetation
4 were married to sage Arishtanemi (Taksharya Kashyap)-Vinata, Kadru, Patangi, Yamini
2 were married to sage Bahuputra
2 married sage Angiras
2 were married to Krisasva
Since name of Sati was not seen in the list a query was raised in Google QA. The answer is given below:-
The list of daughters born to first wife of Daksha did not include Sati. Is she born to second wife?
No, Sati was not born to Daksha's second wife; she was born to his first wife, Prasuti.
The confusion usually arises because scriptures like the Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Shiva Purana list Daksha’s daughters in different sets across different births or manvantaras (cosmic eras).
The lineage of Sati's birth and the division of Daksha’s wives is structured as follows:
The Daughters of Prasuti (First Wife) In Daksha's first life, he was a mind-born son of Brahma and married Prasuti, the daughter of Svayambhuva Manu. They had either 24 or 16 daughters (depending on the Purana text):
The Virtues: Most of these daughters personified abstract qualities like Shraddha (faith), Lakshmi (prosperity), and Medha (intelligence), and they married Dharma.
The Sages' Wives: Others married the great sages (Saptarishis) like Bhrigu and Marichi.
Sati: Sati was the youngest daughter of Daksha and Prasuti. Because she was born to Daksha, she is also universally known as Dakshayani.
. The Daughters of Asikni / Panchajani / Virini (Second Wife)
After Sati immolated herself and Daksha was later reborn in a new era (as the son of the Prachetas), he married Asikni (also known as Panchajani or Virini).
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