Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2284

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2284

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KEKARALOHITA. A great serpent which once took sage Cyavana to Pātāla. Cyavana, after worshipping Śiva at Nakuleśvara tīrtha got into river Narmadā to take his bath when the nāga Kekaralohita caught hold of him, dragged him and bit him. As the sage meditated upon Viṣṇu the poison did not affect him. The serpent released him from Pātāla as he was unaffected by poison. Cyavana went to the palace of Prahlāda accompanied by nāga damsels. On the request of Prahlāda Cyavana described to him the holy places on earth, and without any delay Prahlāda came to earth for hunting during which sojourn on earth he visited Naimiṣāraṇya. (Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 8).

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Vāmanapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit