That foremost of Yakshas, named Pingala, the friend of Rudra, who is always present in the place where corpses are burnt and who is agreeable to all people, merrily marched with him, sometime going in front of the army and sometime falling behind it, his movements were not certain.
व्यापृतस्तु श्मशाने यो नित्यं रुद्रस्य वै सखा। पिङ्गलो नाम यक्षेन्द्रो लोकस्यानन्ददायकः॥ एभिश्च सहितो देवस्तत्र याति यथासुखम्। अचतः पृष्ठतश्चैव न हि तस्य गतिर्बुवा॥