Genealogy of Manu’s Daughters

Chapter 1

From Canto Three (Chapter 21) to Canto Five (Chapter 15), the narrations describe the lives of Svayambhuva Manu’s children – Devahuti (3.21-4.1), Akuti (4.1), Prasuti (4.1-4.7), Uttanapada (4.8-4.31) and Priyavrata (5.1-5.15). Canto Four thus focuses on the fourth generation of progeny originating from Brahma.

Maitreya Rishi continued his narrations of Svayambhuva Manu’s dynasty, now focusing on the lineages of his daughters.

Svayambhuva Manu’s daughters were all married, and they bore many children. Akuti married Ruci, and they begot Yajna (an incarnation of the Lord) and Daksina (a partial incarnation of Laksmidevi). Devahuti married Kardama Muni, and their nine daughters were married to the sages, who produced many children through them. One of her daughters, Anasuya, married Atri, and thus gave birth to Dattatreya, Durvasa and Soma, who were partial manifestations of Vishnu, Siva and Brahma. Prasuti married Daksa and had sixteen daughters. One of those was Sati, who married Siva, while another daughter gave birth to the Nara-Narayana Rishis.