Sūta said: Prajāpati Ruci married Ākūti and lord Dakṣa married Prasūti the mother of the worlds and a great Yoginī. Ākūti gave birth to a son Yajña and a daughter Dakṣiṇā. Dakṣiṇā gave birth to twelve illustrious sons. Prasūti of great penance bore twenty-four daughters to Dakṣa viz.,—Śraddhā (faith), Lakṣmī (good fortune), Dhṛti, Puṣṭi, Tuṣṭi, Medha, Kriyā, Buddhi (constancy), Lajjā (Modesty), Vapus (beauty), Śānti (tranquillity), Siddhi (perfection), Kīrti (fame), Khyāti (celebrity), Satī (truth), Sambhūti (fitness), Smṛti (memory), Prīti (affection), Kṣamā (patience), Sannati (humility), Anasūyā (sincerity), Ūrjā (strength), Svāhā (oblation to the gods), Araṇi and the blessed Svadhā (oblation to the pitṛs). He gave them duly in marriage. The first thirteen daughters Śraddhā to Kīrti married the patriarch Dharma. The wise Bhṛgu married Khyāti; Bhārgava (Śukra) married Araṇi; Marīci (married) Sambhūti; Aṅgiras (married) Smṛti. The other married pairs were: Prīti and Pulastya, Kṣamā and Pulaha, Sannati and Kratu, Atri and Anasūyā, Ūrjā and Vasiṣṭha, Svāhā and Vibhāvasu, Svadhā and the Pitṛs.