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The Mukhyddi Creation : Progeny of Svdyambhuva Manu and Daksdk - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 8 · Verse 6

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Sanskrit Original

द्विधाकरोत पुनर्देहमर्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत। अर्धेन नारी पुरुषो विराजमसृजत प्रभुः।।

dvidhākarot punardehamardhena puruṣo 'bhavat| ardhena nārī puruṣo virājamasṛjat prabhuḥ||

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He then split his body. With one half he became a man. With another half, he became a woman. Thus the Lord created the man Virdt. 7-8a. He created a beautiful auspicious woman, a YoginI, named Satarupa. She pervaded heaven and earth with her grandeur and remained steady. 8b-10. She was endowed with Yogic power and prosperity, and was blessed with knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. The son born of the male Virdt whose origin was from the unmanifest, was Lord Svayambhuva Manu. That male member became a sage. The goddess Satarupa, performed a very difficult penance and obtained Manu himself of bright fame as her husband. Satarupa bore him two sons.