Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.6.1.5

8.6.1.5

sa purastādupadadhāti | rājñyati prācī digiti rājñī ha nāmaiṣā prācī digvasavaste devā adhipataya iti vasavo haitasya diśo devā adhipatayo 'gnirhetīnām pratidhartetyagnirhaivātra haitīnām pratidhartā trivṛttvā stomaḥ pṛthivyāṃ śrayatviti trivṛtā haiṣā stomena pṛthivyāṃ śritājyamukthamavyathāyai stabhnātvityājyena haiṣokthenāvyathāyai pṛthivyāṃ stabdhā rathantaraṃ sāma pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa iti rathantareṇa haiṣā sāmnā pratiṣṭhitāntarikṣa ṛṣayastvā prathamajā deveṣviti prāṇā vā ṛṣayaḥ prathamajāstaddhi brahma prathamajaṃ divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantviti yāvatī dyaustāvatīṃ varimṇā prathantvityetadvidhartā cāyamadhipatiśceti vākca tau manaśca tau hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vidhārayataste tvā sarve saṃvidānā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantviti yathaiva yajustathā bandhuḥ

He said to them, 'Come ye to me and restore ye to me wherewith ye are going from me!'--'What will accrue unto us therefrom?'--'That (part) of my body shall be sacred unto you!'--'So be it!' So Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman restored that (part) unto him.