Nagraj Vasuki

There are many stories famous in Hindu mythology but one of the famous story is still untold, unsaid and unopened.

But today we will reopen our mythological history which is famous not only in India but throughout the Asian continent.

Many serpents have been mentioned in ancient text. Lord Shiva also coiled Vasuki Naga around his neck. Apart from this many famous sepernts like Sheshnaag, Takshak Kaliya are mentioned in mythology.

So, today we will learn about the brave and and divine Serpent Nagraj Vasuki.

In Bhagavad Gita lord Krishna says that Sarpanamasmi Vasuki. The word used to refer to Vasuki is sarpas, and to Ananta is Nagas. That means that amongst all this serpents in the world, Vasuki is the foremost. But he is also Nagraj. It is said ' Sarpa eka Shirasa, Naga bahu Shirasa. That is Sarpa is one headed serpent and Nagas is many headed Serpent. Sarpa is the cobra, Naga is a divine serpent being with many heads.

Agni purana mentions Shesha and Vasuki have 1000 heads. Vasuki is of the Kshatriya varna. He is well known as Nagaraja. King of the Nagas in Nagaloka in the name of Bhogawati. Vasuki is most famous in the Samudra manthan story, where he acted as a rope to move the Mandar mountain, to remove the nectar of immortality from the ocean.

In this regard a legend states that Kadru and Vinata, two daughters of Daksha Prajapati where married to sage Kashyap ask for a boon from the sage that she should get a thousand snakes in the form of sons. At the same time, Vinata only ask for two mighty sons (Aruna and Garuda).

Later on kadru got sons in the form of snakes, in which one of them was Nagraaj Vasuki.Vasuki is the brother of Manasa devi who also had the same name as his husband. Sage Jaratkāru practiced severe austerities and had decided to abstain from marriage. Once he came across a group of men hanging from a tree upside down. These men were his ancestors, who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rites. So they advised Jaratkāru to marry and have a son who could free them of those miseries by performing the ceremonies. Vasuki offered his sister Manasa’s hand to Jaratkāru. Manasa mothered a son, Astīka, who freed his ancestors. Astika also helped in saving the Nāga race from destruction when King Janamejaya decided to exterminate them by sacrificing them in his Yajna, fire offering. Manasa devi is worshipped in the east, and also known as Naageshwari.

Vasuki Nagaraja is supposed to have lived in Kukke Subrahmanya. He is worshipped along with Kumara, or Skanda or Lord Kartikeya, who is not a Naga but the son of Uma and Shiva. He is supposed to protect Vasuki Naga against Garuda. There is still an anthill in old temple of Adi Subrahmanya, where Vasuki Naga is supposed to reside. It is a place of significant Naga worship and many people come there to rid of Naga doshas. Thousands of people perform Ashlesha bali, Sarpa sanskara and Naga murti pratishta in Kukke Subrahmanya.

Harivamsha, Vishnu parva mentions Vasuki does pooja of Shesha. Karkotaka and Kambala Naga are ministers of Vasuki, and the rest also do seva of him. In Varaha purana, Gokarna mahatmya, Vasuki Naga’s place is Gokarn and in that kshetra dvar he is vigna pradhan. Hence he is almost like Ganapati in Gokarn. Vasuki is the ornament of Lord Shiva, who wears Vasuki as his necklace. One always sees a Naga over the Shivaling, and Nagas are very dear to Lord Shiva.

Of all the places on earth, Kashmir is the most important place for the Nagas. Even now many springs are named after them like Konsarnag, Verinag, Anantnag, Vicharnag, Sukhnag. Nilamata purana, is the only purana named after a Naga king, named Nila. Nila Naga is almost equal to Vasuki and is fond of Vasuki naga. Though worshipped by the Kashmiri pandits, Nila Naga is not mentioned anywhere else. Naga worship is a very pronounced in Kashmir since many ages. When Vasuki and the Nagas were tormented by Garuda, sought the mercy of Lord Vishnu, who instructed Vasuki to live in Sati lake which became Kashmir later. In these waters the Nagas were safe until the puranic story further unfolds the formation of Kashmir land, the abode of Nagas.

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So basically this a story from ancient text on Nagraj Vasuki written by me. As l like mythology so much.

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