[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Sculpture # Sculpture Skanda holds two attributes, a spear and a cock (kukkuta), the latter thought to be an allusion to the jumping habits of cocks when fighting and, by inference, to the agility of young warriors. His origins are obscure but in later Hinduism he is identified as the son of Siva and Parvati. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 500–700 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1937](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-4-1937) · Pramāṇa