Sheshanaga

The cosmic serpent Ananta-Shesha, couch of Vishnu and bearer of the worlds

Parentage

• parent: Kashyapa

Domains

• cosmic support

Powers

• Hold up all the worlds upon his hoods

Epithets

• अनन्त devanagari · Ananta'The Endless / Infinite One' — the cosmic serpentBhāgavata Purāṇa; Mahābhārata (primary)
• शेष devanagari · Śeṣa'The Remainder' — what persists when the cosmos dissolvesMahābhārata (Ādi Parva); Purāṇic cosmology (primary)
• नागराज devanagari · Nāgarāja'King of the serpents'Purāṇic tradition (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Mahabharata, Adi Parva (primary); Bhagavata Purana (primary)