Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 157
तेषां वै वासुकिर्दोग्धा काद्रवेयो महायशाः । नागानां वै महादेवि सर्पाणां चैव सर्वशः
teṣāṃ vai vāsukirdogdhā kādraveyo mahāyaśāḥ | nāgānāṃ vai mahādevi sarpāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
त्यांच्यासाठी कद्रूचा पुत्र, महायशस्वी वासुकी दोग्धा होता, हे महादेवी—नागांसाठी आणि सर्व सर्पांसाठीही.
Sūta (deduced); addressed to Mahādevī within the narration
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vāsuki, radiant and formidable, stands as the designated milker for the Nāgas; behind him a multitude of serpents and Nāga-kings watch as the poison-milk is drawn, the Earth-cow steady and immense.
FAQs
Purāṇic cosmology presents each class of beings with its own ‘means’ and leaders; order and hierarchy in creation are emphasized even among non-human beings.
The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse supplies mythic texture within that māhātmya.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.