Creation (prajā-sṛṣṭi) - Verse 38
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 5.38
Sanskrit Original
तस्मात्पञ्चदशैवैते तासु धर्मात्मजास्त्विह। भृगुपत्नी च सुषुवे ख्यातिर्विष्णोः प्रियां श्रियम।।
tasmātpañcadaśaivaite tāsu dharmātmajāstviha| bhṛgupatnī ca suṣuve khyātirviṣṇoḥ priyāṃ śriyam||
Sūta said: Dharma begot of Kriyā (activity) and Buddhi (intelligence) two sons each viz.,—Daṇḍa (punishment) and Samaya (agreement) of the former, Apramāda (non-erring) and Bodha (wisdom) of the latter. Hence the sons of Dharma and Adharma are fifteen in all. Bhṛgu’s wife Khyāti gave birth to Śrī, (who became) the wife of Viṣṇu and to two sons Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ who later became the sons-in-law of Meru. Prabhūti, wife of Marīci, gave birth to two sons: Pūrṇamāsa and Mārīca and four daughters: Tuṣṭi, Dṛṣṭi, Kṛṣi and Apaciti.