Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
आसीद्रक्तासुरोनाम महिषस्य सुतो बली । महाकायो महाबाहुर्हिरण्याक्ष इवापरः
āsīdraktāsuronāma mahiṣasya suto balī | mahākāyo mahābāhurhiraṇyākṣa ivāparaḥ
Terdapat seorang asura bernama Raktasura, putera Mahisha yang gagah perkasa—bertubuh besar dan berlengan sasa, umpama Hiranyaksha yang kedua.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A colossal red-hued asura (Raktāsura), son of Mahiṣa, stands like a second Hiraṇyākṣa—broad-chested, great-armed—amid ominous skies, foreshadowing cosmic conflict near a sacred coastal kṣetra.
FAQs
Māhātmyas often begin by describing disruptive forces (asuras) to highlight the protective grace of the deity and the sanctity of the kṣetra.
The narrative is situated within Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, leading toward the Goddess’s protective legend there.
None; this verse sets the mythic background by introducing the antagonist.