Prajapati

Wandering on Mount Manasa in search of a general for his army, Indra hears a woman's desperate cries. He finds her being seized by the asura Keshi, confronts him, and shatters his weapons with the vajra — wounding Keshi and forcing him to flee. The maiden, Devasena, reveals she is Prajapati's daughter and describes the kind of invincible husband she desires.

Markandeya begins to answer Yudhishthira's request by tracing the lineage of Rama from the Ikshvaku king Aja through Dasharatha and his four sons. Then he turns to Ravana's birth, describing how the god Prajapati's line passed through Pulastya, and how a father's anger created the sage Vishrava — the father of the rakshasa king.