Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68
अत्रांतरे महानादः सुचक्षुश्च महाहनुः । महाचंडो महाभक्षो महोदरम होत्कटौ
atrāṃtare mahānādaḥ sucakṣuśca mahāhanuḥ | mahācaṃḍo mahābhakṣo mahodarama hotkaṭau
ในระหว่างนั้น มหานาทะ สุจักษุ และมหาหนุ ปรากฏขึ้น; อีกทั้งมหาจัณฑะ มหาภักษะ และคู่ดุร้ายคือมหโอดระกับมหโอตกฏะก็มา
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)
Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sudden roar; a sequence of terrifying asura champions enters—Mahānāda, Sucakṣu, Mahāhanu, Mahācaṇḍa, Mahābhakṣa, and the fearsome pair Mahodara and Mahotkaṭa—each marked by exaggerated features.
FAQs
Adharma often gathers many terrifying supports; listing them heightens the contrast when the Devī overcomes them.
None; this is a catalogue of combatants within the Setu-khaṇḍa story.
None.