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From the epics · 4 tellings · contested
Nahusha on Indra's throne
While Indra hides in a lotus stalk, the human king Nahusha rules heaven, demands Shachi, has sages carry his litter and is cursed to fall as a serpent.
From the epics · 2 tellings
The gods install Varuna as lord of the waters
In the Krita age the gods ask Varuna to rule the rivers and the ocean as Indra rules them, and Narada later describes his white hall under the sea.