brahmavaivarta purANa 1.8.1-9:
brahmA vishvaM vinirmAya sAvitryAM varayoShiti |
chakAra vIryAdhAnaM cha kAmukyAM kAmuko yathA ||1||
sA divyaM shatavarShaM cha dhR^itvA garbhaM sudussaham |
suprasUtA cha suShuve chaturvedAn manoharAn ||2||
vividhA~n shAstra-saMghAMsh-cha tarka-vyAkaraNAdikAn |
ShaT-triMshat saMkhyakA divyA rAginIH sumanoharAH ||3||
ShaD rAgAn sundarAMsh-chaiva nAnAtAla-samanvitAn |
satya-tretA-dvAparAMsh-cha kaliM cha kalaha-priyam ||4||
varSha-mAsam-R^ituM chaiva tithiM daNDa-kShaNAdikam|
dinaM rAtriM cha vArAMsh (?) cha saMdhyAm uShasam eva cha ||5||
puShTiM cha devasenAM cha medhAM cha vijayAm jayAm |
ShaT-kR^ittikAsh-cha yogAM-sh cha karaNaM cha tapodhanaH ||6||
devasenAM mahAShaShThIM kArttikeya-priyAM satIm |
mAtR^ikAsu pradhAnA sA bAlAnAm iShTadevatA ||7||
brAhmaM pAdmaM cha vArAhaM kalpatrayam idaM smR^itam |
nityaM naimittikaM chaiva dviparArdhaM cha prAkR^itam ||8||
chaturvidham cha pralayam kAlam vai mR^ityu-kanyakAm |
sarvAn vyAdhigaNaMsh-chaiva sA prasUya stanaM dadau ||9||
After brahmA had generated the world, into sAvitrI, the excellent maid, he ejaculated his semen, just like a male lover into the female lover. For 100 years she held that divine fetus that is difficult to bear. Then she gave birth and sent out: the four fascinating veda-s, various collections of shAstra-s, logic, grammar and the like; divine encaptivating rAgini-s numbered thirty six, six beautiful rAga-s along with various musical scales; the satya, tretA, dvApara and kali which is the age of strife, the year, month, season, tithi, daNDa (=60 vikAla-s, a water clock unit), seconds and the like, days, nights, week, twilights and dawns; puShTi, devasenA, medhA, vijayA, jayA, the six kR^ittikA-s, the marker stars (of nakShatra-s), the divisions of the day and the wealth of tapas, devasenA, who is the great ShaShThI, the dear wife of kArttikeyA, the mothers who are the supreme chosen deities of the children; the 3 kalpa-s known as brahma, padma and varaha; the quotidian and occasional events; the 50 years of brahmA (dviparArdha) and the emanations of prakR^iti, the four-fold deluges, who are verily the daughters of death, and also all the groups of diseases. Having given birth to these she gave them her breast [to suckle].
mAnasa-taraMgiNI 