58 - Coronation of the Sun and others 

The sages said: 

1. Tell us now how Brahmā Prajāpati, who is the soul of all, crowned as overlords, Devas, Daityas and others.

Sūta said: 

2. Lord Brahmă crowned the Sun as the overlord of planets. Brahmā, Prajāpati, crowned Soma (Moon) as the lord of constellations and medicinal herbs. 

3. (He crowned) Varuņa as thc lord of the Waters; the leading Yakşha347 (Kubera) as the lord of riches; Vishnu as the lord of Adityas; and Pāvaka (fire) as the lord of Vasus. 

347. yaksha-pungavam: chief of the Yakshas, i.e., Kubera.

4. (He crowned) Dakşha as the lord of Prajāpatis; Indra as the lord of Maruts; Prahlāda, the leading Daitya as the over lord of Daityas and Dänavas. 

5. (He crowned) Dharma as the overlord of the Pitrus; Nirruti as the overlord of Rākşhasas; Rudra as the overlord of Pashus (Individual Souls) and Nandin, the leader of Ganas,348 as the overlord of Bhūtas (goblins). 

348. gana-nayakam: read nandinam gana for nandinäm gana.

6. (He crowned) Virabhadra as the overlord of heroes; Bhayankara (the terrible one) as the overlord of Piśhāchas (ghosts); Chāmundā who is bowed to by Devas as the sovereign of Mothers. 

7. (He crowned) lord Nilalohita, lord of the chiefs of Devas, as the overlord of Rudras; the elephant-faced lord Vināyaka, born of Vyoman349 as the overlord of obstacles. 

         349. vyomajam: son of Shiva, i.e., Ganesha.

8. (He crowned) goddess Umā as the sovereign of women; goddess Sarasvati as the sovereign of speech; Vishņu as the overlord of the wielders of Maya and himself350 as the overlord of the worlds.

         350. svätmānam: his own self, i.e., Brahmä. 

9. (He crowned) Himavat as the overlord of the mountains; the Ganges (born of sage Jahnu) as the sovereign of the rivers; and ocean the storehouse of the waters as the lord of all seas. 

10-12. Brahmă crowned the Plaksha and Ashvattha as the lords of trees; he made Chitraratha the lord of Gandharvas, Vidyadharas and Kinnaras; Väsuki of terrible vigour as the lord of Serpents and Takşhaka of terrible vigour as the lord of Sarpas (Cobras), He made the leading clephant Airāvata of terrible valour the lord of elephants. He made Garuda the lord of birds. He made Ucchaiśhśhravas (the horse of Indra) the king of horses. 

13. He made the lion the lord of animals; the bull the lord of the kine and Sharabha (the fabulous eight-footed beast the lord of lions; the incomprehensible Guha thc lord of all commanders-in-chief and Lakulīšha the lord of Śhrutis and Smrtus. 

14. He made Sudharman, Shankhapāla, Ketumān and Hemaroman the overlords of all quarters in order.351 

351. The four guardian deities, viz. Sudharman, Shankhapāla, Ketumān, Hemaroman were consecrated in their respective quarties, cf. Vishnu

13. (He crowned) Pruthu as the lord of the earth; Maheshvara as the lord of all; the bull-bannered omniscient lord Shankara as the overlord among the four deities. 352 

352. chaturmūrtişhu: in four forms, viz. Vishva, Prajña, Taijasa, and Turiya. 

16. By the grace of Shiva, the lord crowned these in due order. After crowning them at first the lord of the worlds felt fully satisfied. 

17. O leading sages, this has been mentioned to you in detail: These persons of special characteristics were all crowned by Lord Brahmā the source of origin of the universe.