Padma Purana · Chapter 2.27

sūta uvāca-
sa prabhuḥ sarvalokeśo hyabhiṣicya tato nṛpam /
pṛthuṃ venasya tanayaṃ sarvarājye mahāprabhum

mahābāhuṃ mahākāyaṃ yatheṃdraṃ ca sureśvaram /
krameṇāpi tato brahmā rājyāni ca vicārya vai

yadyasyāpi bhavedyogyaṃ dātuṃ tadupacakrame /
vṛkṣāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca graharkṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca

somaṃ rājye sobhyaṣiṃcattapasāṃ ca mahāmatiḥ /
dharmāṇāṃ dharmayajñānāṃ puṇyānāṃ puṇyatejasām

apāṃ madhye tathā devaṃ tīrthānāṃ hi tathaiva ca /
varuṇaṃ sobhiṣicyaiva ratnānāṃ ca dvijottama

anyeṣāṃ sarvayakṣāṇāṃ rājye vaiśravaṇaṃ punaḥ /
viṣṇumeva mahāprājñamādityānāṃ pitāmahaḥ

rājye saṃsthāpayāmāsa janatā hitahetave /
sarveṣāmeva puṇyānāṃ dakṣameva prajāpatim

samarthaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ prajāpatigaṇeśvaram /
prahrādaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ sa hi rājye nyarūpayat

daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca viṣṇutejaḥ samanvitam /
yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ dharmaṃ paitrye rājyebhiṣicya ca

yakṣarākṣasabhūtānāṃ piśācoragasarpiṇām /
yoginīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ vaitālānāṃ mahātmanām

kaṃkālānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kūṣmāṃḍānāṃ tathaiva ca /
pārthivānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam

parvatānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ himavaṃtaṃ mahāgirim /
nadīnāṃ ca taḍāgānāṃ vāpikānāṃ tathaiva ca

kuṃḍānāṃ kūparājye hi divyeṣu ca sureśvaraḥ /
sāgaraṃ sthāpitaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrthamanuttamam

gaṃdharvāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ rājye puṇye tathaiva ca /
citrarathaṃ tato brahmā abhiṣicya sureśvaraḥ

nāgānāṃ puṇyavīryāṇāṃ vāsukiṃ ca caturmukhaḥ /
sarpāṇāṃ tu tathā rājye abhiṣicya sa takṣakam

vāraṇānāṃ tato rājye airāvaṇamasiṃcata /
aśvānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmuccaiḥśravasameva ca

pakṣiṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vainateyamathāpi saḥ /
mṛgāṇāṃ ca tato rājye brahmā siṃhamathādiśat

govṛṣaṃ tu gavāṃ madhye abhiṣicya prajāpatiḥ /
vanaspatīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ plakṣameva pitāmahaḥ

evaṃ rājyāni sarvāṇi saṃsthāpya ca pitāmahaḥ /
diśāpālāṃstato brahmā sthāpayāmāsa sattamaḥ

vairājasya tathā putraṃ pūrvasyāṃ diśi sattamaḥ /
sudhanvānaṃ diśaḥpālaṃ rājānaṃ sobhyaṣiṃcata

dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahātmānaṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ /
putraṃ śaṃkhapadaṃ nāma rājānaṃ sobhyaṣiṃcata

paścimāyāṃ tathā brahmā varuṇasya prajāpateḥ /
putraṃ ca puṣkaraṃ nāma so'bhyaṣiṃcatprajāpatiḥ

uttarasyāṃ diśi brahma nalakūbarameva ca /
evaṃ caivābhyaṣiṃcacca dikpālānsamahaujasaḥ

yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā /
yathāpradeśamadyāpi dharmeṇa pratipālyate

pṛthuścaivaṃ mahābhāgaḥ sobhiṣikto narādhipaḥ /
rājasūyādibhiḥ sarvairabhiṣikto mahāmakhaiḥ

vidhinā vedadṛṣṭena rājarājye mahīpatiḥ /
cākṣuṣe nāmni saṃpuṇye atīte ca mahaujasi

manvaṃtare mahābhāga devapuṇyahitaiṣiṇi /
tato vaivasvatāyaiva manave rājyamādiśat

vistaraṃ cāpi vyākhyāsye pṛthoścaiva mahātmanaḥ /
yadi māmeva viprendra śuśrūṣasi ataṃdritaḥ

etadevamadhiṣṭhānaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ prakīrtitam /
sarveṣveva purāṇeṣu etaddhi niścitaṃ sadā

puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargavāsakaraṃ śubham /
dhanyaṃ pavitramāyuṣyaṃ putradaṃ vṛddhidāyakam

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā bhāvadhyānasamanvitaḥ /
aśvamedhaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe
rājyābhiṣekonāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ