Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4


Sanskrit:

क्षुवतस्तु मनोर्जज्ञे इक्ष्वाकुर्घ्राणत: सुत: ।तस्य पुत्रशतज्येष्ठा विकुक्षिनिमिदण्डका: ॥ ४ ॥

ITRANS:

kṣuvatas tu manor jajñeikṣvākur ghrāṇataḥ sutaḥtasya putra-śata-jyeṣṭhāvikukṣi-nimi-daṇḍakāḥ

Translation:

The son of Manu was Ikṣvāku. When Manu was sneezing, Ikṣvāku was born from Manu’s nostrils. King Ikṣvāku had one hundred sons, of whom Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍakā were the most prominent.

Purport:

According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, although the Bhāgavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Ikṣvāku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Śraddhā, this was a generalization. It is here specifically explained that Ikṣvāku was born simply from the sneezing of Manu.