Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14

Sanskrit:

स विदित्वात्मजानां नो भावं सन्तानभावन: ।त्रयोदशाददात्तासां यास्ते शीलमनुव्रता: ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

sa viditvātmajānāṁ nobhāvaṁ santāna-bhāvanaḥtrayodaśādadāt tāsāṁyās te śīlam anuvratāḥ

Translation:

Our well-wishing father, Dakṣa, after knowing our intentions, handed over thirteen of his daughters unto you, and since then we have all been faithful.

Purport:

Generally the daughters were too shy to express their opinions before their father, but the father would accept the daughters’ intentions through someone else, such as a grandmother to whom the grandchildren had free access. King Dakṣa collected the opinions of his daughters and thus handed over thirteen to Kaśyapa. Every one of Diti’s sisters was a mother of children. Therefore, since she was equally faithful to the same husband, why should she remain without children?