Naga Panchami – The festival of Nepal

• August 3, 2022
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In Hinduism, According to Vedas : Parikshit: परीक्षित् (Son of Abhimanyu, and grandson of Arjuna) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th-10th Century) Along with his son and successor, Janamejaya.
Once while hunting, Parikshit became fatigued. He crossed paths with the sage Shamika and saw that he was meditating.
He asked him the where abouts of a deer which he was hunting. But the sage did not respond as he was meditating. Angry at this, Parikshit tossed a dead snake around the sage’s neck. The sage had a son named Shringi, who heard this incident.
He became furious. He cursed Parikshit to die of a snakebite in seven days, for disrespecting his father, Rishi Shamika.
When Shamika came to know of the curse his son had given, he was dissatisfied.
Shamika ordered his disciple Gaurmukha to go to Parikshit and tell him everything about his death. When Parikshit heard about the curse he accepted his fate, but the ministers created a mansion that would stand on a solitary column and remain well guarded.
Takshaka is the head of snakes, came to the king in form of an insect in fruits and bit Parikshit, which eventually led to his death.

On hearing his father’s death by Takshaka, Parikshit’s son Janamejaya vowed to kill Takshaka within a week.
He starts the ‘Sarpashatra Yagya’, which forced each and every snake of the entire universe to fall in the flaming ‘Yagya Kunda’.
However, Indra tries to save Takshaka from getting pulled in sacrifice. The sages who perform sacrifice start chanting Indraay swaahaa, Takshakaay cha swaahaa.
Due to this even Indra starts getting pulled in the sacrifice. Later, this Yagya/sacrifice was stopped from doing so by Astika Muni.
Thus, Takshaka was spared and Janamejaya stops his ‘Sarpashatra Scarifice Yagya’
That day was Shukla Paksha Panchami in the month of Shraawan and is since celebrated as the festival of Naga Panchami. In Hinduism, According to Vedas : Parikshit: परीक्षित् (Son of Abhimanyu, and grandson of Arjuna) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th-10th Century) Along with his son and successor, Janamejaya.
Once while hunting, Parikshit became fatigued. He crossed paths with the sage Shamika and saw that he was meditating.
He asked him the whereabouts of a deer which he was hunting. But the sage did not respond as he was meditating. Angry at this, Parikshit tossed a dead snake around
the sage’s neck. The sage had a son named Shringi, who heard this incident.
He became furious. He cursed Parikshit to die of a snakebite in seven days, for disrespecting his father, Rishi Shamika.
When Shamika came to know of the curse his son had given, he was dissatisfied.
Shamika ordered his disciple Gaurmukha to go to Parikshit and tell him everything about his death. When Parikshit heard about the curse he accepted his fate,
but the ministers created a mansion that would stand on a solitary column and remain well guarded.
Takshaka is the head of snakes, came to the king in form of an insect in fruits and bit Parikshit, which eventually led to his death.

On hearing his father’s death by Takshaka, Parikshit’s son Janamejaya vowed to kill Takshaka within a week.
He starts the ‘Sarpashatra Yagya’, which forced each and every snake of the entire universe to fall in the flaming ‘Yagya Kunda’.
However, Indra tries to save Takshaka from getting pulled in sacrifice. The sages who perform sacrifice start chanting Indraay swaahaa, Takshakaay cha swaahaa.
Due to this even Indra starts getting pulled in the sacrifice. Later, this Yagya/sacrifice was stopped from doing so by Astika Muni.
Thus, Takshaka was spared and Janamejaya stops his ‘Sarpashatra Scarifice Yagya’
That day was Shukla Paksha Panchami in the month of Shraawan and is since celebrated as the festival of Naga Panchami.