Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
स देवो लीलया कृत्वा कथं चाश्वमुखोऽभवत् । यो जातो यादवे वंशे पूतनाशकटादिकम्
sa devo līlayā kṛtvā kathaṃ cāśvamukho'bhavat | yo jāto yādave vaṃśe pūtanāśakaṭādikam
ذلك الإله بعينه، الذي يفعل كلَّ شيءٍ على سبيل اللِّعب الإلهي—فكيف صار ذا وجهِ حصان (هيانانا)؟ وهو الذي وُلِد في سلالة اليادافا وأهلك بوتانا وشكاطا وسواهما.
Narrator/Questioner within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya (contextual inquiry)
Scene: A devotional narrator marvels: the playful God who destroyed Pūtanā and the cart-demon is questioned—how did he appear horse-faced? Visual juxtaposition of infant Kṛṣṇa līlā with a radiant Hayānana/Hayagrīva-like visage.
FAQs
The Lord’s forms are līlā: the same supreme divinity manifests diverse appearances to accomplish protection and restoration of dharma.
The verse transitions within Dharmāraṇya’s narrative to theological inquiry; the site-context remains Dharmāraṇya rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it introduces a doctrinal question about divine manifestation (avatāra/līlā).