Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अनंतो वासुकिश्चैव तक्षकश्च महावलः । कर्कोटश्चैव नागेन्द्रो मणिकण्ठस्तथापरः
anaṃto vāsukiścaiva takṣakaśca mahāvalaḥ | karkoṭaścaiva nāgendro maṇikaṇṭhastathāparaḥ
અનંત અને વાસુકિ, તેમજ મહાબલી તક્ષક; અને નાગેન્દ્ર કર્કોટ, તથા બીજો મણિકંઠ—આ પણ (તેમામાં) છે।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ceremonial roll-call of Nāga sovereigns: each appears as a distinct regal serpent-king with unique hood markings and ornaments, emerging from luminous subterranean waters near the sacred place.
FAQs
Purāṇas preserve sacred lineages and cosmic orders; naming the Nāga-lords frames their role in dharma and protection (or affliction) of beings.
The enumeration occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse itself does not name the tīrtha.
None; this shloka is primarily an identification/listing of prominent Nāgas.
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