Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
दनायुषस्तथा जातो दनायुश्च गणो बली । गावश्च सुरभेर्जातारिष्टापुत्रा युगंधराः
danāyuṣastathā jāto danāyuśca gaṇo balī | gāvaśca surabherjātāriṣṭāputrā yugaṃdharāḥ
ദനായുവിൽ നിന്ന് അതുപോലെ ദനായുഷ് എന്ന ബലവാനായ ഗണം ജനിച്ചു. സുരഭിയിൽ നിന്ന് പശുക്കൾ ജനിച്ചു; യുഗന്ധരർ അരിഷ്ടയുടെ പുത്രന്മാരായി സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Surabhi as a radiant divine cow or cow-headed goddess figure, with streams of cows emerging; alongside, a martial ‘gaṇa’ born of Danāyu shown as a clustered troop; Yugaṃdharas depicted as sturdy mythic beings (mountain-bearing/strong-bodied) as Ariṣṭā’s sons.
FAQs
Cows—central to dharmic life and charity—are presented as sacredly originated, strengthening reverence and protective duty (go-rakṣā).
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
No direct prescription; however, the sanctity of cows implicitly supports dāna and protective dharma.