Shankukarna

Shankukarna (शङ्कुकर्ण) was a Nagavanshi mahapurusha.

Jat gotras originated from Shankukarna

• Sakel (सकेल) gotra of Jats has originated from Nagavanshi mahapurusha Shankukarna (शङ्कुकर्ण).

• Sankhunia Sankhunia (संखुणिया) - Found in Sikar district in Rajasthan.

History

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 tells Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice. Shankukarna is mentioned in shloka 14 as Nagas of race of Dhritarashtra.

शङ्कुकर्णः पिङ्गलकः कुठार मुखमेचकौ

पूर्णाङ्गदः पूर्णमुखः परहसः शकुनिर दरिः Mahabharata: (I.5.14)

The Mahabharata Book 9: Chapter 44 Shalya Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 mentions about the warriors who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Shankukarna (शङ्कुकर्ण) has been mentioned in shlokas 47 and 52 as under:

उन्मादं पुष्पदन्तं च शङ्कुकर्णं तदैव च

परथथाव अग्निपुत्राय पार्वती शुभदर्शना ।। 47 ।।

unmādaṃ puṣpadantaṃ ca śaṅkukarṇaṃ tathaiva ca

pradadāv agniputrāya pārvatī śubhadarśanā ।। 47 ।।

शङ्कुकर्णॊ निकुम्भश च पद्मः कुमुद एव च

अनन्तॊ द्वादश भुजस तदा कृष्णॊपकृष्णकौ ।। 52 ।।

śaṅkukarṇo nikumbhaś ca padmaḥ kumuda eva ca

ananto dvādaśa bhujas tathā kṛṣṇopakṛṣṇakau ।। 52 ।।

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