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Surapadma (Sanskrit: शूरपद्म),
Surapadman (Tamil: சூரபத்மன்) or
Sooran is an
asura featured in
Hindu literature. He is the son of the sage
Kashyapa and...
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Puranam detailing the
slaying of
Surapadman by the god Murugan.
According to
Hindu legend, the
demon king
Surapadman once
obtained boons, or favors, from...
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Skanda Puranam detailing the
slaying of
Surapadman by the god Murugan. As per
Hindu legend, the
demon king
Surapadman, once
obtained boons from the god Shiva...
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celebrated to
commemorate the
victory of
Hindu god
Murugan over the
demon Surapadman.
During the battle,
Murugan is
believed to have
wielded a vel, a divine...
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order to
vanquish the
asura Surapadman.
According to the
Skanda Purana, in the war
between Kartikeya and
Surapadman,
Kartikeya used the vel to defeat...
- ****istance. He
fought Surapadman for six days, at the end of
which the
deity vanquished the asura. He
threw his
weapon at him and
split Surapadman into two halves...
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destroy Surapadman,
Virabahu and the
other Navaveeragal followed him south, at the head of a huge army. At the Vindhyas, the army saw two of
Surapadman's brothers...
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Tamil iteration of the
Skanda Purana.
According to the text, the
asura Surapadman drove the
devas out of Svarga, and the
latter sought the ****istance of...
- were Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha, Vajranaka, Arunasura,
Raktabija and
Surapadman. Diti also had a
daughter named Simhika (also
known as Holika). The Bhagavata...
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version of the
Skanda Purana),
three asuras (a race of
celestial beings)
Surapadman,
Singamukhan and
Tarakasuran performed austerities to
propitiate the Hindu...
