Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1476

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1476

(i) In the battle between Indra and the asura called Sūrapadma the former deputed Śāstā for the protection of Śacidevī. (Skanda Purāṇa, Asura Kāṇḍa).