Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
कूर्मपृष्ठो गोलकश्च क्रोधनो वेददूषकः । यज्ञघ्नो यज्ञहंता च धर्मान्तकस्तपस्विहा
kūrmapṛṣṭho golakaśca krodhano vedadūṣakaḥ | yajñaghno yajñahaṃtā ca dharmāntakastapasvihā
তাদের মধ্যে ছিল কূর্মপৃষ্ঠ, গোলক, বেদদূষক ক্রোধন, যজ্ঞঘ্ন ও যজ্ঞহন্তা—যজ্ঞনাশক—এবং তপস্বীহন্তা ধর্মান্তক।
Prahlāda (narrator)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grim roll-call of daityas: Kūrmapṛṣṭha with a tortoise-like back, Golaka, Krodhana with blazing eyes, Vedadūṣaka bearing torn palm-leaves, Yajñaghna and Yajñahantā with sacrificial implements broken, Dharmāntaka looming over frightened ascetics.
FAQs
Forces that attack Veda, yajña, and tapas are marked as anti-dharma and are destined to be checked by divine power.
Dvārakā’s māhātmya setting, where threats to sacrifice and asceticism are confronted.
No prescription; the verse indirectly upholds yajña and Vedic purity by condemning their destroyers.