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According to the Padma Purana, when Daksha felt the number of women he had created were still not sufficient, he decided to have 60 more daughters from his wife, Asikni. [7] Sati was the daughter married to Shiva. [8] According to the Matsya Purana, not one of these daughters resembled their father.
The birth of Ashokasundari is recorded in the Padma Purana. In one of the variants of the tale of Nahusha, Parvati once requested Shiva to take her to the most beautiful garden in the world. As per her wishes, Shiva took her to Nandanvana, where Parvati saw a tree known as Kalpavriksha which could fulfill any wish. Since Kartikeya, the son of ...
According to the Padma Purana, Parvati and Shiva once went to the Nandana grove. Parvati saw the Kalpavriksha (wish-giving tree) and wished for a daughter. Instantly, a woman named Ashokasundari was born. Parvati prophesied that Ashoksundari would marry the son of Ayu.
According to the Bhagavata Purana [10] and Shiva Purana, [11] she was the daughter of Prajapati Panchajana. Brahma Purana, [ 9 ] Brahmanda Purana, [ 12 ] Vayu Purana , [ 13 ] Kalika Purana , Kurma Purana , [ 14 ] Padma Purana, [ 15 ] Garuda Purana, [ 16 ] and Shiva Purana [ 11 ] note her to be the daughter of Prajapati Virana.
The number of Daksha's daughters from Prasuti varies—24 daughters are mentioned in the Vishnu Purana, [19] [7] while the Linga Purana and Padma Purana list 60 daughters. [20] All of Prasuti's daughters represent the virtues of mind and body. [20] The names of these daughters and their spouse, according to the Vishnu Purana, are:
In the Padma Purana, the children of Danu are described: [3] From Kaśyapa, Danu obtained a hundred sons proud of boons. Among them Vipracitti, of great power, was the chief. (Others were) Dviraṣṭamūrdhā, Śakuni, Śaṅkuśirodhara, Ayomukha, Śambara, Kapila, Vāmana, Marīci, Māgadha, and Hari.
According to the Vishnu Purana, the Linga Purana and the Padma Purana, Daksha and his wife Prasuti had many daughters (the numbers vary from 16 to 60, but most ...
The Padma Purana (Sanskrit: पद्मपुराण or पाद्मपुराण, Padma-Purana or Padma-Purana) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism. It is an encyclopedic text, named after the lotus in which creator god Brahma appeared, and includes large sections dedicated to Vishnu , as well as ...