Nāgapāśa
Nāgapāśa · nāga-pāśa, “the noose of serpents”
The nāgapāśa is the divine noose borne by Varuṇa.
Yudhishṭhira asks Śrī Kṛshṇa for the rule of snāna at solar and lunar grahaṇas. In the prayer of that rite Varuṇa is called the bearer of the nāgapāśa, whose vāhana is the makara, master of waters, and is asked to destroy the bather’s pīḍā.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 125
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 125