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
S’y ajoutent Airāvata, Śaṅkha, Puṇḍarīka et Mahāviṣa. Remémorés avec Śeṣa à leur tête, tels sont ici les neuf chefs des 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.