Divine Realm of the Mahabharata
Nagaloka
नागलोक
Realm of serpent beings
Nagaloka: Realm of serpent beings, located at coordinates 25.00°N, 78.00°E.
Key Facts
| Type | Divine Realm |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit name | नागलोक |
| Coordinates | 25.00°N, 78.00°E |
| Identified as | Underground realm, access through rivers |
| Significance | Realm of serpent beings |
About Nagaloka
The underground realm of the Nagas, serpent beings. Ulupi was a princess of this realm and married Arjuna.
Why it matters: Realm of serpent beings
Rulers and Custodians
- Kauravya
- Ulupi
Details
- Inhabitants
- Nagas, serpent beings with great power
- Connection
- Ulupi saved Arjuna after Babruvahana battle
On the Map
Nagaloka sits at 25.00°N, 78.00°E.
View on the full mapEvents at Nagaloka
- Arjuna Marries UlupiYear -23Naga princess Ulupi marries Arjuna and gives him the divine weapon that can kill underwater beings.
- Utanka and the EarringsYear 50Utanka goes on a quest to bring Queen Poushya's earrings for his preceptor's wife. Takshaka steals them, leading Utanka to Nagaloka.
Stories Set at Nagaloka
Utanka and the Earrings
The Origin of the Snake Sacrifice
Garuda and the Amrita
The Great Bird's Quest
Astika Saves the Snakes
The End of the Sarpa Satra
A Royal Childhood at Hastinapura
Pandavas, Kauravas, and the Lessons of Drona
Adventures in the Forest
Twelve Years of Pandava Exile
Arjuna's Wandering Year
Three Wives in Three Kingdoms
The Serpent Prince's Sacrifice
Iravan, Son of Ulupi, and the Price of Victory
Ulupi, the Serpent Queen
Arjuna's Bride Beneath the Ganga
Matali's Search
The Charioteer of Heaven Finds a Groom
The Poisoned Prince
Bhima at Pramanakoti and the naga realm
The Hanging Fathers
Jaratkaru's debt to the dead
Ulupi's Long Design
The wife who arranged her husband's death to save him
The Wager Over the Horse's Tail
How the serpents and the birds became enemies
The Council of the Serpents
A doomed people debating how to survive
Nagaloka, the Serpent Realm Below
The jeweled underworld of the nagas
The Earrings of Madayanti
A pupil grown old, and a bargain with a man-eating king
Kurukshetra Day 8: The Rakshasa's Hour
Iravan falls and Ghatotkacha answers for him
The Son of Rishyasringa
Alambusha, the illusion-fighter the Kauravas kept for the Pandava sons
Balarama Returns to the Sea
The Serpent Leaves by the Mouth It Came From
The Cow at the Bottom of the World
Surabhi, the four cows of the quarters, and the cities beneath Patala
Garuda's Map of the World
The four directions described from a bird's back
The Wife Who Cooled a Naga's Anger
Padmanabha would not go out to a waiting guest, until his wife named the ends of Ravana and Kartavirya
The Mysteries of Religion, Part Two
Lomasa, Arundhati, the night-wanderers and the elephants of the quarters give up the last of their secrets