Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
यूनः प्रत्येकमद्राक्षीदशेषाञ्छेष वंशजान् । तक्षकान्वयगांस्तद्वदथ वासुकिगोत्रजान्
yūnaḥ pratyekamadrākṣīdaśeṣāñcheṣa vaṃśajān | takṣakānvayagāṃstadvadatha vāsukigotrajān
اس نے ایک ایک کر کے شیش کے وَنش میں پیدا ہونے والے تمام نوخیز ناگ دیکھے؛ تَکشک کی نسل والوں کو بھی، اور اسی طرح واسُکی کے گوتر سے اُترنے والوں کو بھی۔
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.