Śaṅkhapada

Śaṅkhapada · śaṅkha-pada, “the one with conch marks on the feet”

Śaṅkhapada is the son of Kardama Prajāpati, the king whom Brahmā anointed as lord of the southern quarter.

In the Brahma Purāṇa

Lomaharshaṇa Sūta tells the munis that when Brahmā anointed Pṛthu, the son of Vena, as cakravartin, he gave each being its own rule: Soma over the dvijas, the grains, the nakshatras and the yajñas, Varuṇa over the waters, Kubera over the kings, and so on through every class of beings. The four quarters were each given a lord by abhisheka: in the east Sudhanvā, son of Vairāja Prajāpati; in the south Śaṅkhapada, son of Kardama Prajāpati; in the west Ketumān, son of Rajas; and in the north Hiraṇyaroma, son of Parjanya Prajāpati. The Sūta says that the earth, with its seven dvīpas and its towns, is ruled with dharma by each of them even now.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 4

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 4