Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
ऐरावतस्तथा शंखः पुण्डरीको महाविषः । शेषपूर्वाः स्मृता नागा एतेऽत्र नव नायकाः
airāvatastathā śaṃkhaḥ puṇḍarīko mahāviṣaḥ | śeṣapūrvāḥ smṛtā nāgā ete'tra nava nāyakāḥ
Ebenso Airāvata, Śaṅkha, Puṇḍarīka und Mahāviṣa. Mit Śeṣa an der Spitze im Gedenken sind dies hier die neun Anführer der Nāgas.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A mandala-like arrangement of nine Nāga leaders around a central axis (Śeṣa foremost), each distinct in color and hood pattern, hovering above earth and waters as protective presences.
FAQs
The verse situates powerful beings within a defined hierarchy, implying that even formidable forces operate under cosmic order remembered in śāstra.
The verse belongs to a tīrtha-glorifying section, but the tīrtha’s proper name is not given in this line.
None; it is a concluding statement identifying the nine Nāga leaders.