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Vishvaksena

Vishnu's gatekeeper and commander. In the Shaiva Bhikshatana cycle he bars the skull-bearing Shiva from Vaikuntha, is slain and carried impaled on the trident, and is revived when the skull falls at Kashi.

Sources: Bhikshatana — Wikipedia · see Vishvaksena's web

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Vishvaksena slain by

Bhairava (Form) Shaiva · Brahma's fifth head and the skull that would not fall
Vishnu's gatekeeper slain at Vaikuntha, carried on the trident (Kankalamurti), revived at Kashi.

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Brahma's fifth head and the skull that would not fall
Legend · as gatekeeper slain and revived · 5 tellings

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Bhikshatana — Wikipedia Encyclopedia