Harivamsha 3.110.2

3.110.2

daṇḍān pātraviśeṣāṃśca chittvā bhittvā ca sarvaśaḥ |
tasmin deśe mahārāja vyādhairmāṃsānyadīdahan ||

Of those beings who had thus multiplied, O Janamejaya,
Hari appointed Prajāpatis over the various hosts,
[assigning] those realms in order, prior to Pṛthu, O Bhārata.