Agni Purana — Raja-dharma, Shloka 45

Abhiṣeka-mantrāḥ

Consecration Mantras

Devanagari script

ऐरावतो महापद्मः कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ शङ्खः कर्कोटकश् चैव धृतराष्ट्रो धनञ्जयः

Transliteration

airāvato mahāpadmaḥ kambalāśvatarāvubhau śaṅkhaḥ karkoṭakaś caiva dhṛtarāṣṭro dhanañjayaḥ

Translation

アイラーヴァタ、マハーパドマ、カンバラとアシュヴァタラ（この二者）、さらにシャṅカ、カルコータカ、ドゥリタラーシュトラ、ダナンジャヤ—これらは（諸）ナーガの名である。

Word by Word

• ऐरावतः: Airāvata
• ऐरावतः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• महापद्मः: Mahāpadma (name)
• महापद्मः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापद्म (प्रातिपदिक; महा + पद्म)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• कम्बलः: Kambala
• कम्बलः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• अश्वतरः: Aśvatara
• अश्वतरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (refers to Kambala & Aśvatara)

• शङ्खः: Śaṅkha (name)
• शङ्खः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• कर्कोटकः: Karkoṭaka
• कर्कोटकः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्कोटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक; धृत + राष्ट्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• धनञ्जयः: Dhanañjaya
• धनञ्जयः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनञ्जय (प्रातिपदिक; धनम् + जय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

Speaker

Lord Agni (narrating to Sage Vasiṣṭha)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: Kingdom

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ = कम्बलः + अश्वतरः + उभौ; कर्कोटकश् चैव = कर्कोटकः + च + एव; धृतराष्ट्रो = धृतराष्ट्रः (visarga sandhi before voiced consonant in recitation/orthography).

Characters & Entities

• Airāvata
• Mahāpadma
• Kambala
• Aśvatara
• Śaṅkha
• Karkoṭaka
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhanañjaya
• Nāgas

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

This verse imparts cosmographic cataloguing (a Puranic ‘vidyā’ of classification): it enumerates principal Nāgas by name for recognition within underworld (Pātāla) lore and related recitations.

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

By preserving structured lists of mythic entities (Nāgas) as reference data, it functions like a gazetteer/catalogue—one of the Agni Purana’s hallmark encyclopedic modes alongside its sections on ritual, polity, medicine, and arts.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

Remembering and reciting sacred catalogues of beings and realms is traditionally treated as a purifying act that strengthens scriptural memory (smṛti) and aligns the listener with the Purāṇic cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).