*SKANDHA VIII. CHAP. 1.*
An account has been given above of the progeny of Devahuti and Prasuti.
Yajna is the son of Akuti. In the First Manvantara, when Asuras and
Rakshasas were going to devour Manu, Yajna killed the former, with the
help of his sons, the Yama Devas. He ruled over Svarga as the Indra of
that Manvantara.
[This brings us to the end of the 1st Manvantara. The narration at
several places took us to later Manvantaras, and the account of the
Asuras especially took us to Vaivasvata Manvantara. The account of the
first Manvantara is illustrative of the succeeding Manvantaras. Details
have therefore been given at times which might not properly pertain to
the 1st Manvantara, but which fit in with other Manvantaras at those
stages of the narration. Necessarily the account of the succeeding
Manvantaras is very meagre.]
*END OF THE FIRST MANVANTARA.*