Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
चतस्रश्चापि ता दंष्ट्रा योजनानां शतंशतम् । इतरे त्वस्य दशना बभूबुर्दशयोजनाः
catasraścāpi tā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃśatam | itare tvasya daśanā babhūburdaśayojanāḥ
كانت تلك الأنياب الأربعة يمتدّ كلّ واحدٍ منها مئةَ مئةِ يوجانا؛ أمّا سائر أسنانه فكان طول كلّ سنٍّ منها عشرَ يوجانات.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Cyavaneśvara-mahātmya setting)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A colossal asura-form (Mada) is described through its teeth: four enormous fangs of unimaginable length, with other teeth still gigantic—establishing terror through scale.
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses immense scale to portray how destructive forces can become immeasurable when born from misused spiritual power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these extraordinary events are narrated.
None; the verse gives measured description (yojana) to emphasize magnitude, not a ritual instruction.