Shloka 89
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
प्राणप्रदानात् स पृथुर् यस्माद् भूमेर् अभूत् पिता ततस् तु पृथिवीसंज्ञाम् अवापाखिलधारिणी
prāṇapradānāt sa pṛthur yasmād bhūmer abhūt pitā tatas tu pṛthivīsaṃjñām avāpākhiladhāriṇī
ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਪૃਥੂ ਨੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਲਣ-ਪੋਸ਼ਣ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦਾ ‘ਪਿਤਾ’ ਬਣਿਆ; ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਉਹ ‘ਪૃਥਿਵੀ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋਈ।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents Pṛthu as the life-giving protector of the Earth—so central that the Earth receives the name Pṛthivī from him, marking him as an ideal king whose rule sustains universal order.
Parāśara explains it through etymological narrative: because Pṛthu ‘gave life’ (prāṇa-pradāna) to the Earth and became her father, she is called Pṛthivī.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames righteous kingship as participation in Vishnu’s sustaining power—preservation through dharma—making worldly sovereignty meaningful only when aligned with the Supreme Preserver.