Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
कूर्मपृष्ठो गोलकश्च क्रोधनो वेददूषकः । यज्ञघ्नो यज्ञहंता च धर्मान्तकस्तपस्विहा
kūrmapṛṣṭho golakaśca krodhano vedadūṣakaḥ | yajñaghno yajñahaṃtā ca dharmāntakastapasvihā
அவர்களில் கூர்மப்ருஷ்டன், கோலகன், வேதத்தை மாசுபடுத்தும் க்ரோதனன், யஜ்ஞக்னன், யஜ்ஞஹந்தா—யஜ்ஞங்களை அழிப்போர்—மற்றும் தவசிகளை கொல்லும் தர்மாந்தகன் ஆகியோரும் இருந்தனர்.
Prahlāda (narrator)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grim roll-call of daityas: Kūrmapṛṣṭha with a tortoise-like back, Golaka, Krodhana with blazing eyes, Vedadūṣaka bearing torn palm-leaves, Yajñaghna and Yajñahantā with sacrificial implements broken, Dharmāntaka looming over frightened ascetics.
FAQs
Forces that attack Veda, yajña, and tapas are marked as anti-dharma and are destined to be checked by divine power.
Dvārakā’s māhātmya setting, where threats to sacrifice and asceticism are confronted.
No prescription; the verse indirectly upholds yajña and Vedic purity by condemning their destroyers.