Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
हयग्रीवोऽश्वकर्णश्च केतुमान्वृषभो द्विजः । शरभः शलभो व्याघ्रो निकुंभो मणिको बकः
hayagrīvo'śvakarṇaśca ketumānvṛṣabho dvijaḥ | śarabhaḥ śalabho vyāghro nikuṃbho maṇiko bakaḥ
Hayagrīva et Aśvakarṇa ; Ketumān, Vṛṣabha et Dvija ; Śarabha, Śalabha, Vyāghra, Nikuṃbha, Maṇika et Baka — (eux aussi furent nommés parmi les leurs).
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (chapter frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A second register of named Daitiyas—some bearing animal-epithet identities (Vyāghra, Baka, Śarabha)—suggesting totemic forms and battlefield ferocity.
FAQs
The cataloguing of forces of adharma underscores how extensively chaos can organize itself—yet it remains ultimately subject to divine law.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya these figures are enumerated.
None stated.