Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
यूनः प्रत्येकमद्राक्षीदशेषाञ्छेष वंशजान् । तक्षकान्वयगांस्तद्वदथ वासुकिगोत्रजान्
yūnaḥ pratyekamadrākṣīdaśeṣāñcheṣa vaṃśajān | takṣakānvayagāṃstadvadatha vāsukigotrajān
Isa-isa niyang minasdan ang lahat ng kabataang Nāga na isinilang sa angkan ni Śeṣa—gayundin yaong mula sa lahi ni Takṣaka, at maging ang mga nagmula sa sambahayan ni Vāsuki.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, often to Agastya)
Scene: A sequential ‘parade’ of youthful Nāgas appears: those of Śeṣa’s line, then Takṣaka’s, then Vāsuki’s—each distinguished by hood markings, colors, and emblems; the maiden’s gaze moves from one to the next.
FAQs
It highlights the vastness of created orders and lineages; fascination with variety should be guided by dharma.
Indirectly Kāśī’s narrative setting; the verse itself is genealogical description.
None.