Brahma Purana Adhyaya 4Pṛthu Vainya consecrationVeṇa and the fall of yajña
Adhyaya 4: Pṛthu’s Consecration, the Ordering of Realms, and the Milking of the Earth
This Adhyāya advances a politico-cosmic narrative in which Pitāmaha (Brahmā) first consecrates Pṛthu Vainya as overlord and then systematizes sovereignty by assigning regencies across classes of being