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Prithu milks the Earth

King Prithu, son of Vena, makes the Earth yield grain by milking her as a cow; told as a cosmic milking in the Atharvaveda, a friendly one in the Mahabharata and a chase in the Puranas.

Prithu, Prithvi, Vena, Svayambhuva Manu

Pan-India