केकरलोहित

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

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 called 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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*3rd word in left half of page 403 (+offset) in original book.