Cākṣuṣa Manvantara and dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu - Verse 48
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 37 · Verse 48
Sanskrit Original
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव जज्ञिरे ऽन्याश्च जातयः। ततः प्रभृति लोके ऽस्मिन्प्रजा मैथुनसंभवाः। संकल्पाद्दर्शनात्स्पर्शात्पूर्वासां सृष्टिरुच्यते।।
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva jajñire 'nyāśca jātayaḥ| tataḥ prabhṛti loke 'sminprajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ| saṃkalpāddarśanātsparśātpūrvāsāṃ sṛṣṭirucyate||
Sūta said:: The Vasus, the Devas, the birds, the cows, the Nāgas (Serpents, elephants), the Daityas and the Dānavas, the Gandharvas and the Apsaras as well as other species were born of Vaivasvata Manu, the seventh among Manus, who was Prajāpati (a patriarch or Lord of the Subjects). It was only after that, that the subjects were born of sexual copulation. The creation of the former subjects, it is said, was through thought, (will), sight, and touch.