Varaha Purana 24.17: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 17
The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance
अगतासु प्रजास्वाद्यस्तानाहूय भुजङ्गमान् । शशाप परमक्रुद्धो वासुकिप्रमुखांस्तदा ॥ २४.१७ ॥
agatāsu prajāsv ādyas tān āhūya bhujaṅgamān | śaśāpa paramakruddho vāsuki-pramukhāṁs tadā || 24.17 ||
ครั้นเมื่อประชาทั้งหลายจากไปแล้ว อาทยะจึงเรียกเหล่าพญานาคมา และด้วยความกริ้วยิ่งก็สาปพวกเขา โดยมีวาสุกีเป็นหัวหน้า
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif—cursing as a literary mechanism that explains later conditions or events (etiological storytelling) within Sanskrit mythic historiography.
No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on a narrative action involving the nāgas (serpents), headed by Vāsuki.
The verse foregrounds consequences tied to intense anger and punitive speech (a curse), serving as a narrative prompt for later moral causality rather than a prescriptive command.
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