Shloka 10
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
प्राणस्य चानुदात्तस्तु व्याख्याता: पञचविंशति: । देवान् यज्ञमुषश्नान्यानू सूृजत् पञ्चदशोत्तरान्
prāṇasya cānudāttas tu vyākhyātāḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ | devān yajñamuṣaśnān yānū sṛjat pañcadaśottarān |
马尔坎德耶说道：由普拉那（Prāṇa）亦生出阿努达塔（Anudātta），并已阐明其二十五位子嗣之名。其后，名为“苦行”（Tapas，苦行力之人格化者）者又化生十五位神类——毗那夜迦（Vināyaka）——被称为阻挠并毁坏诸天祭祀之徒。其最先出现者有五：苏毗摩（Subhīma）、阿提毗摩（Atibhīma）、毗摩（Bhīma）、毗摩婆罗（Bhīmabala）与阿婆罗（Abala）——皆为扰乱祭仪、考验圣行定力与清净之力的存在。
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred action (yajña) is not merely performance but requires steadiness and purity; forces of obstruction (vināyakas) arise within the cosmic order itself, implying that dharma is upheld through vigilance, discipline, and the capacity to overcome impediments.
Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical-cosmic account: from Prāṇa comes Anudātta with twenty-five offspring, and then Tapas produces fifteen additional divine beings called Vināyakas, introduced as disruptors of the gods’ sacrifices; five of these are named explicitly.