Shloka 10

Matsya Purana — The Attendant Hosts of the Sun and Moon: Monthly Gaṇas

Devanagari script

इन्द्रश्चैव विवस्वांश्च अङ्गिरा भृगुरेव च एलापत्त्रस्तथा सर्पः शङ्खपालश्च पन्नगः //

Transliteration

indraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca elāpattrastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālaśca pannagaḥ //

Translation

Indra and Vivasvān (the Sun), and also the sages Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu; likewise Elāpattra, the serpent, and Śaṅkhapāla, the nāga (serpent-lord).

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः (indraḥ): Indra, lord of the gods

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed/also

• विवस्वान् (vivasvān): Vivasvān, the Sun-god

• च (ca): and

• अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ): Aṅgiras (seer

• भृगुः एव (bhṛguḥ eva): Bhṛgu indeed (seer

• च (ca): and

• एलापत्त्रः (elāpattrḥ): Elāpattra (a named serpent/nāga)

• तथा (tathā): likewise/so too

• सर्पः (sarpaḥ): serpent

• शङ्खपालः (śaṅkhapālaḥ): Śaṅkhapāla (a named nāga)

• च (ca): and

• पन्नगः (pannagaḥ): nāga/serpent (lit. ‘one who moves by crawling’).

Speaker

• Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) continuing a names-list within the Matsya Purāṇa’s discourse

Entities Mentioned

• Indra
• Vivasvan (Surya)
• Angiras
• Bhrigu
• Elapattra
• Sarpa (serpents as a class)
• Shankhapala
• Pannaga (nāgas as a class)

Tags

• Genealogies
• Devas
• Rishis
• Nagas
• Puranic Catalogues

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it functions as a catalogue of prominent deities, sages, and nāgas, typical of Purāṇic cosmological enumerations that map the beings inhabiting the world-order.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly: by preserving authoritative lists of revered beings (devas, ṛṣis, nāgas), the text supports dharmic culture—kings and householders uphold tradition through recitation, respect to these lineages, and ritual remembrance.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or temple-rule appears in this line; its ritual value lies in name-recitation (nāma-smaraṇa) and in situating nāgas and devas within the sacred cosmological framework used in rites and Purāṇic readings.