Varaha Purana 24.6 — Adhyaya 24, Shloka 6
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
अनन्तं वासुकिं चैव कम्बलं च महाबलम् । कर्कोटकं च राजेन्द्र पद्मं चान्यं सरीसृपम् ॥ २४.६ ॥
anantaṃ vāsukiṃ caiva kambalaṃ ca mahābalam | karkoṭakaṃ ca rājendra padmaṃ cānyaṃ sarīsṛpam || 24.6 ||
వారు అనంతుడు, వాసుకి, మహాబలుడైన కంబలుడు, కర్కోటకుడు, ఓ రాజేంద్రా, మరియు పద్ముడు అనే ఇతర సర్పాలను పేర్కొంటున్నారు.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit attribution not present in excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"cosmological classification","core_concept":"The world-order includes non-human intelligences and lineages (nāgas) integrated into a structured cosmos.","practical_application":"Cultivate reverence and caution toward unseen forces; read genealogical lists as maps of dharmic cosmology rather than mere zoology."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Mythic Genealogies","Cultural Heritage"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mythic netherworld realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 24.24.7-10 (continuation of nāga genealogy and its consequences)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha, as a divine narrator, recites a formal list of great nāgas—Ananta, Vāsuki, Kambala, Karkoṭaka, Padma—evoking the vast subterranean serpent-world.","item_prompts":["Varāha seated as teacher","scroll or palm-leaf manuscript motif","five majestic nāgas with distinct hoods","subterranean jeweled cavern (nāga-maṇi glow)","cosmic ocean/earth strata suggestion"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha as dignified upadeśaka with bold outlines; nāgas with rhythmic hood patterns, jewel-toned cavern, flat iconic composition.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Varāha with ornate crown; embossed gold for nāga jewels and hood ornaments; symmetrical placement of named nāgas as attendant icons.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: delicate shading, refined jewelry; nāga hoods rendered with soft gradation; manuscript/teaching ambience.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical cave landscape, cool palette; Varāha as storyteller; nāgas emerging from stylized rocks with expressive eyes."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn-catalogic","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, steady, enumerative"}
FAQs
It preserves a standardized Purāṇic catalogue of prominent nāga names, reflecting how early Sanskrit compendia organized cosmological and mythic knowledge through enumerations and epithets.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on nāga figures associated broadly with subterranean/cosmic domains in Purāṇic cosmology.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions primarily as a descriptive listing that supports broader cosmological narration rather than a prescriptive moral teaching.
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