Brahmā said: You are borne by me, O lord, descend from this lotus. I cannot bear you. You are refulgent and weighty. Thereupon Brahmā said once again: ‘Tell me, what boon you desire to have. O lord, take me down from the lotus’. Then Viṣṇu said: ‘O slayer of enemies, you should be my son. You will attain, splendid pleasure. Speak agreeable and loving words. O lord, descend from the lotus. You are a great yogin. You are worthy of our worship. You are the Praṇava itself. Henceforth you will be the lord of all; adorned with a white turban you will be known as ‘padmayoni’[4] —one whose source of origin is a lotus. O Brahmā, O lord, as son to me, you will be the overlord of seven worlds’.