Skandapurana 7.4.52_5

7.4.52_5

kṣupa ityeva nāmnā taṃ brahmā svayamabhāṣata .
tamindro varayāmāsa rājānaṃ bhuvi84 lokapam ..57. .
sobravīdyadi me vajramāyudhaṃ svaṃ85 prayacchasi .
tataḥ syāṃ bhuvi rājāhaṃ nānyathā rocate mama86 . . 58. .
indra uvāca
cintitaṃ karametatte vajrameṣyati87 nānyathā .
evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te bhava rājā prajāhitaḥ . .59. .
sanatkumāra uvāca
sa evamuktastejasvī rājā bhuvi babhūva ha .
cyāvaniśca88 dadhīcosya89 sakhā samabhavattadā . .8.31.60 ..

Brahmā himself addressed him by the very name of Kṣupa. / Indra chose him as a king on earth, a world-protector. / He said: "If you give me your own weapon, the thunderbolt, / then I might be king on earth; otherwise it does not please me." / Indra said: / "As soon as it is thought of, this thunderbolt will come to your hand, not otherwise. / So be it; bless you! Become a king devoted to the welfare of your subjects." / Sanatkumāra said: / Thus addressed, that radiant one became a king on earth. / And Cyāvana's son Dadhīca then became his friend.