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
ព្រះអង្គជាព្រះអីសានៈ អធិបតីដ៏លើសគេ តើដូចម្តេចបានជាទ្រង់ឈានដល់សភាពហយគ្រីវៈ? ហើយដើម្បីប្រយោជន៍ព្រះហ្លាទៈ ព្រះអង្គដដែលបានយករូបដ៏គួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាច។
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.