Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c18.10

v3.c18.10

commander-in-chief of the celestial hosts, and should therefore be understood to refer to Skanda. In the Sanskrit passage of the *Bhavishyat-purāṇa* quoted by him, the reading of the latter half of the line beginning with *hayārūḍhastu* appears to be *padmastham-vārka-nāmakam*.