Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
स देवः कथमीशानो हयग्रीवत्वमागतः । प्रह्लादार्थे स चेशानो रूपं कृत्वा भयावहम्
sa devaḥ kathamīśāno hayagrīvatvamāgataḥ | prahlādārthe sa ceśāno rūpaṃ kṛtvā bhayāvaham
সেই প্ৰভু, পৰমেশ্বৰ, কেনেকৈ হয়গ্ৰীৱত্ব লাভ কৰিলে? আৰু প্ৰহ্লাদৰ হিতাৰ্থে সেই একে ঈশ্বৰে ভয়ংকৰ ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰিলে।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta addressing sages)
Scene: A question is posed: how did the Supreme Lord become Hayagrīva, and how did He assume a fearsome form for Prahlāda’s sake—suggesting a devotional tableau where terror is transmuted into protection.
FAQs
The Lord’s sovereignty includes compassionate intervention: He takes even fearsome forms to safeguard devoted righteousness.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse supports the section’s devotional-mahatmya emphasis through Prahlāda’s protection.
None is stated in this verse.