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SIVA PURANASKANDA PURANA.
Otber names or epithets of Siva are Aghora,
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horrible;
Babh.ru, Bhagavat, 'divine;' Chandra-sekhara, '
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moon-crested ;
Ganga-dhara, '
"bearer of the Ganges;' Girisa, 'mountain lord ;'
Hara, 'seizer.' Isana, 'ruler;' Ja/a-dhara, 'wearing matted
hair;' Jala-murtti, 'whose form is water;' Kala, 'time;' Kalan-
jara ; Kapala-malin, 'wearing a garland of skulls;' Maha-kala,
'great time;' Mahesa, 'great lord;' Mntyunjaya, 'vanquisher
of death ;' Pasu-pati,
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lord of animals ;
$ankara, $arva,
Sadasiva or Sambhu, 'the auspicious;' Sthanu, 'the firm;'
Tryambaka, 'three-eyed;' Ugra, 'fierce;' Virupaksha, 'of mis-
formed eyes ;' Yiswanatha, 'lord of all'
SIVA PURANA. See Purana.
A$TVL Son of Uslnara, and king of the country also called
TJsmara, near Gandhara. The great charity
and devotion of
Sivi are extolled in the Maha-bharata by the sage Markan^eya.
Agni having assumed the form of a pigeon, was pursued by Indra
in the shape of a falcon. The pigeon took refuge in the bosom
of Sivi, and the falcon would accept nothing from $ivi instead
of the pigeon but an equal weight of the king's own flesh. $ivi
cut a piece of flesh from his right thigh and placed it in the
balance, but the bird was the heavier. He cut again and again,
and still the pigeon drew the scale, until the king placed his
whole body in the balance. This outweighed the pigeon and
the falcon flew away. On another occasion Vishmi went to
$ivi in the form of a Brahman and demanded food, but would
accept no food but $ivi's own son Vnhad-garbha, whom he
required ivi to kill and cook. The king did so, and placed
the food before the Brahman, who then told him to eat it himself.
$ivi took up the head and prepared to eat. The Brahman
then stayed his hand, commended his devotion, and restoring
the son to life, vanished from sight.
SKAMBHA. '
The supporter.' A name sometimes used in
the Jf&g-veda to designate the Supreme Deity. There is con-
siderable doubt and mystery about both this name and deity.
"The meaning of the term," says Goldstucker, "is 'the fulcrum,'
and it seems to mean the fulcrum of the whole world in all its
physical, religious, and other aspects," Muir's Texts , v. 378.
SKAJSTDA. God of war. See Karttikeya.
SKAKDA PURAJVA. " The Skanda Pura?ia is that in which
the src-faced deity (Skanda) has related the events of the