Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
महासेनोऽपि संवीक्ष्य मातॄस्ताः समुपागताः । सोत्कण्ठः षण्मुखो जातो द्वादशाक्षभुजस्तथा
mahāseno'pi saṃvīkṣya mātṝstāḥ samupāgatāḥ | sotkaṇṭhaḥ ṣaṇmukho jāto dvādaśākṣabhujastathā
Mahāsena cũng vậy, vừa thấy các Mẫu Thần ấy đến gần liền khởi lòng nôn nao; Ngài sinh ra với sáu mặt, và cũng có mười hai cánh tay.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The newborn Mahāsena, seeing the assembled mothers, becomes Ṣaṇmukha—six faces blooming outward—and manifests twelve arms, conveying irresistible divine power and protective readiness.
FAQs
Divinity adapts form to relationship and dharma—Skanda’s many faces/arms signify readiness to receive and protect through multiple powers.
The account remains embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the verse emphasizes the miracle rather than the site-name.
No ritual prescription appears in this verse.