Editing Shatarupa (section)

== Literature ==
The [[Bhagavata Purana]] mentions the birth of Shatarupa, and her marriage to Manu:{{Blockquote|text="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 Brahmā."|sign=[[Bhagavata Purana]] 3.12.52|}}
{{Blockquote|text="The two newly separated bodies united together in a sexual relationship."|sign=[[Bhagavata Purana]] 3.12.53|}}
{{Blockquote|text="Out of them, the one who had the male form became known as the Manu named Svāyambhuva, and the woman became known as Śatarūpā, the queen of the great soul Manu."|sign=[[Bhagavata Purana]] 3.12.52|}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vedabase.io/en/|title= Bhagavata Purana, Book 3: Chapter 12|publisher=Vedabase}}</ref>

In other texts, it is the [[Mānasaputra|manasaputra]], the mind-born children of Brahma, who are believed to have created the first man, [[Manu (Hinduism)|Svayambhuva Manu]], and the first woman, Shatarupa.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abYOAAAAQAAJ&dq=nine+mind-born&pg=PA428 |title=Indian Caste |date=1877 |publisher=Times of India Office |isbn=978-0-524-09449-5 |pages=428 |language=en}}</ref>

Shatarupa marries [[Svayambhuva]], and the couple had five children — two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and three daughters, Ākūti, Devahūti, and [[Prasuti]].<ref>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''."</ref> Manu handed over his first daughter Ākūti to the sage Ruci, the middle daughter, Devahūti, to the Prajapati [[Kardama]], and the youngest, Prasūti, to [[Daksha]].