A powerful Naga, of righteous soul, lives in the city that stands in that region. That great Naga is known by the name of Padmanabha or Padma.
कृताधिवासो धर्मात्मा तत्र चक्षुःश्रवा महान्। पद्मनाभो महानागः पद्म इत्येव विश्रुतः॥