Skandapurana 7.8.34_147

7.8.34_147

tapaḥkartuṃ samārebhe yadacintyaṃ surāsuraiḥ2 .
daśasvapi tato dikṣu rakṣaṇārthaṃ jagatpatiḥ . .9 . .
sthāpayāmāsa gaṇapān nikumbhādīnsahasraśaḥ .
śakukarṇaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ sthūlākṣaṃ sthūlanāsikam .. 8.73.10 . .
hrasvapādakaraṃ caiva dāritāsyaṃ vibhīṣaṇam .
śārdūlacarmasaṃchannaṃ dvīpicarmottaracchadam . .1 1 . .
śaṃkukarṇamiti khyātaṃ gaṇeśaṃ sumahābalam .
samāhūya samīpantu bhagavānidamabravīt .. 1 2..

He began to perform an austerity unimaginable to gods and asuras.
Then, in all ten directions, for the sake of protection, the Lord of the world
stationed gaṇapas by the thousands, headed by Nikumbha.
Śaṅkukarṇa had huge fangs, thick eyes, a thick nose,
short legs and hands, a gaping mouth, and a terrifying form,
covered in a tiger's pelt, with a leopard's skin as an upper garment.
Having called near that very mighty leader of the Gaṇas known as Śaṅkukarṇa,
the Blessed One said this: