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What is story behind him? Is the story written in some Scriptures? How did Mother kill him?

Narasimham
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  • Related - https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/8766/kolasura-bhayam-kari-lakshmi-ashtakam – SwiftPushkar May 03 '17 at 08:16
  • @SwiftPushkar this post I had already read. Ko kasur story is not found in any scriptures. I read a translation where kolasur was translated to be Shani Deva- http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_devii/mahaalakshmyashhTakaM.html?lang=sa . And the website is a reputed one, so it might not have just written as such. –  May 03 '17 at 16:32
  • @Narasimham I had deliberately written in question- "How did 'killed' ", to see if anyone would even notice. And you did. ;) –  May 03 '17 at 16:38
  • But yes the other mistakes I myself took no note of. –  May 03 '17 at 16:39

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1. Who was Kolhaasura?

  • He was demon of the form of a boar. He was frightening the tri-lokas.

2. Is the story written in some Scriptures?

  • Yes, it is briefly rederenced to in the Skandamahāpurāṇam 4.1.5.78.

3. How did Mother kill him?

  • The Skanda Purāṇa doesn't explicitly specify that, how did she kill him. But we may assume, considering she's a great goddess, it won't take much effort on her part to kill a demon.

Scriptural References?

Skanda Purāṇa Verse 4.1.5.(73 to 78).

Chapter 5, Pūrvārdha, Kāśī-khaṇḍa

तत्रागस्त्यो महालक्ष्मीं ददृशे सुचिरं स्थिताम् ॥ ७५ ॥

  1. Rishi Agastya, the mass of merit, the storehouse of penance, saw in front of him Goddess Mahālakṣmī (of Kolhapur) like a lucky man, the best of glory.

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त्रैलोक्यं कोलरूपेण त्रासयंतं महासुरम् ।
विनिहत्य स्थितां तत्र रम्ये कोलापुरे पुरे ॥ ७८ ॥

  1. A great Asura was frightening the three worlds in the form of a boar. The goddess killed that demon and stayed in the beautiful city of Kolhapur ever since.

English Translation by G.V. Tagare

Vivikta
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    the references are already in https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/8766/who-spoke-the-lakshmi-ashtakam-did-lakshmi-really-kill-kolhasura the main question (how did mother Lakshmi kill him) is not answered. – S K Apr 23 '22 at 20:54
  • It's already specified under the heading 3, that the Skanda Purāṇa doesn't mention how did she kill him. She just did. We cannot know. And in the main question, the references are not there. The questionet quotes a stotra which is attributed to Padma Purāṇa, but isn't even found in the Padma Purana. @SK. The Main question has three parts, not just one. – Vivikta Apr 23 '22 at 23:46