Swayambhuva Manu Explained

Type:	Hindu
Parents:	Brahma (creator)
Consort:	Shatarupa
Children:	Priyavrata Uttanapada Akuti Devahuti Prasuti
Svayambhuva Manu

Svayambhuva Manu is the first of the fourteen Manus, the first man of a Yuga in Hindu cosmogony.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} He is the manasaputra (mind-born son) of Brahma and husband of Shatarupa, the first woman.^{[6] [7]} He is stated to have divided the Vedas into four sections.^[8]

Legend

The creation of Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa from the body of Brahma are mentioned in the Puranas:

According to the Bhagavata Purana,

According to the Devi Bhagavata Purana

Svayambhuva Manu married Shatarupa. He had two sons named Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and three daughters named Akuti, Devahuti, and Prasuti.^[9] Manu married his first daughter Akuti to Rishi Ruci, his middle daughter Devahuti to Prajapati Kardama and his youngest daughter Prasuti to Prajapati Daksha.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Book: Teachings of Lord Caitanya (Third Edition): The Golden Avatara. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. 978-91-7149-730-7. 109\u2013.
2. Book: Motilal Banarsidass. Brahma Purana - Parts I - IV. 1955-01-01. 29 (3.4-7).
3. Book: J.L.Shastri. Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 2. 1951. 24 (7.22-28).
4. Book: N.A. THE SKANDA-PURANA PART. 2. 1950. MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD, DELHI. 45 (5.71-25).
5. Book: N.A. THE SKANDA-PURANA PART. 7. 1951. MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD, DELHI. 317 (25.22-24).
6. https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/devi-bhagavata-purana/d/doc57365.htmlThe Devi Bhagavata Purana
7. https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-agni-purana/d/doc1083106.html The Agni Purana
8. https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/PUIScan/2014/web/index.php Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
9. Dipavali Debroy, Bibek Debroy (1992). The Garuda Purana. p. 136. ″Manu and Shatarupa had two sons named Priyavrata and Uttanapada and three daughters named Prasuti, Akuti and Devahuti."
10. https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/1/ Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa), Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order, Chapter One