O descendant of Kuru, Diti, the mother of the Daityas, is also called Mukhamandika. That fearful spirit is very fond of little children's flesh. Those male and female children, who are said to have been begotten by Skanda, are also evil spirits; and they all destroy the fetus in the womb.
दैत्यानां या दितिर्माता तामाहुर्मुखण्डिकाम्। अत्यर्थं शिशुमांसेन सम्प्रहृष्टा दुरासदा॥ कुमाराश्च कुमार्यश्च ये प्रोक्ता: स्कन्दसम्भवाः। तेऽपि गर्भभुजः सर्वे कौरव्य सुमहाग्रहाः॥