Bhagavatapurana 4.17.9

4.17.9

/0 maitreya uvāca
yadābhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur aṅga viprair āmantrito janatāyāś ca pālaḥ /
prajā niranne kṣiti-pṛṣṭha etya kṣut-kṣāma-dehāḥ patim abhyavocan //

9. Maitreya said.—O dear son! when Prithu was installed (on the throne) by Brahmins and was appointed to be the protector of the people, the earth not producing food, his subjects with their bodies emaciated from (starvation) hunger came to their king and said