Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79
अहिदंष्ट्र इति ख्यातो महादैत्यो बलोत्कटः । युक्तः स्थूलशिरोनामा सहायेन दुरात्मना
ahidaṃṣṭra iti khyāto mahādaityo balotkaṭaḥ | yuktaḥ sthūlaśironāmā sahāyena durātmanā
അഹിദംഷ്ട്ര എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ആ മഹാദൈത്യൻ അത്യന്തം ബലവാനായിരുന്നു. സ്ഥൂലശിരസ് എന്ന ദുഷ്ടാത്മ സഹായി അവനോടു ചേർന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brahmakhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Setu (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serpent-fanged daitya ‘Ahidaṃṣṭra’ stands with exaggerated fangs and coiled-serpent motifs; beside him the heavy-headed ‘Sthūlaśiras’—a grim counselor—both framed as looming threats.
FAQs
Evil gains momentum through alliances; dharma warns against joining hands with the durātman (evil-minded).
Setukhaṇḍa’s overarching frame is the Setu sacred region, but this verse focuses on identifying antagonists.
None; it is a character-introduction verse.