Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
मल्लश्चैव तथा कंसो जरासंधस्तथैव च । कालयवनस्य हंता च कथं वै स हयाननः । तारकासुरं रणे जित्वा अयुतषट्पुरं तथा
mallaścaiva tathā kaṃso jarāsaṃdhastathaiva ca | kālayavanasya haṃtā ca kathaṃ vai sa hayānanaḥ | tārakāsuraṃ raṇe jitvā ayutaṣaṭpuraṃ tathā
Et les lutteurs aussi, et Kaṃsa, et Jarāsandha également ; et le meurtrier de Kālayavana—comment donc serait-il Hayānana ? Ayant vaincu Tārakāsura au combat, et de même (ayant obtenu) Ayutaṣaṭpura—
Narrator/Questioner within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya (continuing inquiry; mixed heroic references)
Tirtha: Mathurā–Dvārakā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sweeping heroic panorama: wrestlers in an arena, Kaṃsa’s fall, Jarāsandha’s campaigns, Kālayavana’s defeat, and a cosmic battlefield where Tārakāsura is conquered—culminating in the narrator’s astonished question about Hayānana identity and the mention of a wondrous city (Ayutaṣaṭpura).
FAQs
The one divinity performs many world-protecting deeds; apparent differences of form (like Hayānana) do not limit supreme power.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it functions within Dharmāraṇya’s māhātmya narrative framework.
None; the verse is primarily narrative and theological.