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In other texts, it is the manasaputra, the mind-born children of Brahma, who are believed to have created the first man, Svayambhuva Manu, and the first woman, Shatarupa. [5] Shatarupa marries Svayambhuva, and the couple had five children — two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and three daughters, Ākūti, Devahūti, and Prasuti. [6]
Sometimes, these children of the mind are stated to be identical to the Prajapatis, the progenitors of all beings in each creation. [3] The Manasaputras are believed to have created the first man, Svayambhuva Manu , and the first woman, Shatarupa , who had five children, who went on to populate the earth.
The Matsya Purana then describes how Brahma begins to desire her intensely and cannot stop looking at her. Saraswati begins circumambulating him in reverence. Not wishing to keep turning his face to see her, Brahma produced faces on the sides and back of his head. Sarasvati then leapt into the sky and a fifth face emerged from Brahma, looking ...
As per a variant, Brahma practised tapas (austerities) and pleased Vishnu, and so the latter appeared in the form of the four infant Kumaras as Brahma's sons. [18] Some texts like the Devi Bhagavata Purana and the Bhavishya Purana narrates the four Kumaras appeared even before the Brahma of the present age (In a cycle of time, some texts say ...
The existence of a distinct god named Brahma is evidenced in late Vedic texts. [22] Grammatically, the nominal stem Brahma-has two distinct forms: the neuter noun bráhman, whose nominative singular form is brahma (ब्रह्म); and the masculine noun brahmán, whose nominative singular form is brahmā (ब्रह्मा).
Ganga is described as the eldest child of Himavat, son of Brahma and the king of the Himalayas, and his Menavati, the daughter of Meru. Her younger sister is Parvati , who latter marries Shiva. When Ganga attained youth, the devas took her to Svarga , where she took a form of a river and flowed.
While he was thus absorbed in contemplation and was observing the supernatural power, two other forms were generated from his body. They are still celebrated as the body of Brahma. Out of them, the one who had the male form became known as the Manu named Svayambhuva, and the woman became known as Satarupa, the queen of the great soul Manu.
In the epics and Puranic scriptures, he is a son of the creator-god Brahma and the father of many children, who became the progenitors of various creatures. According to one legend, a resentful Daksha conducted a yajna (fire-sacrifice), and deliberately did not invite his youngest daughter Sati and her husband Shiva .