Having succeeded in exterminating the Orochi snake and having built a palace in Suga, Susano called Ashinazuchi and ordered the head Suga to award him the title Inada no miya nushi sugano yatsumimi no kami (Lord of the rice growing country with eight ears; different kanji are used for the title in "Kojiki" and "Nihonshoki").
スサノオが無事オロチを退治し須賀の地に宮殿を建てると、スサノオはアシナヅチを呼び、宮の首長に任じて稲田宮主須賀之八耳神（いなだのみやぬしすがのやつみみのかみ）（『日本書紀』では稲田宮主神）の名を与えた。