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Panchajanya (, ) is the (conch) of the preserver deity , one of his four primary attributes.

(2025). 9780143414216, Penguin Books India. .
The Panchajanya symbolises the ,
(2025). 9788121210164, Gyan Publishing House. .
and is considered to produce the primeval sound of creation when blown.
(1998). 9788176250399, Sarup & Sons. .


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Mahabharata
According to the , Vishnu is stated to have slain a daitya (a member of a clan of ) named Panchajana on a mountain named Chakravanor "in another universe" When Lord Buddha achieved enlightenment, he saw millions and millions of “chakravan” or cosmoses, all repeatedly coming into existence, lasting for a while, and then disintegrating. constructed by , and seized the conch shell in which Panchajana had lived for himself. The conch is named after the daitya.


Bhagavad Gita
In the , the Panchajanya is mentioned:


Harivamsha
As per the , Krishna, the of Vishnu, is described as possessing a conch shell called Panchajanya, one of his four attributes together with the mace , the disc-like weapon Sudarshana Chakra, and a lotus.
(2016). 9789386057914, Penguin UK. .
The conch was used during the , and is held in popular tradition to have signalled its beginning and end.


Skanda Purana
The features two origin legends for the conch.

The Panchajanya is mentioned to be among the various substances and beings that emerged during the :

9788120839229, Motilal Banarsidass. .

In another legend, , the guru of , , , and Uddhava, states that his son was swallowed by a whale at Prabhasa while he was on a pilgrimage, and seeks his return as his dakshina (honorarium). The Ocean itself is stated to have informed Krishna of the existence of a great daitya of the name Panchajana dwelling in its depths, who indeed had swallowed the boy. Krishna slew the daitya who was in the form of a whale, and seized the Panchajanya from within him, which had previously belonged to . Not finding his guru's son, he descended to with Balarama and demanded his return. and battled the deities until intervened, and urged Yama to restore the boy back to life. His desire fulfilled, Brahma eulogised Krishna, prompting him to blow his conch:

Krishna and Balarama then returned the son back to his father, who rejoiced in surprise and hailed their names.

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