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Shalabha means “locust” or “grasshopper.” The term is derived from the root shal, which is an exclamation denoting suddenness, the kind of movement typical of a locust.

In the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, the asura Shalabha is listed as the previous embodiment of the demon emperor Prahlada.⁸ After Shalabha breathed his last breath, he was reborn with the name Prahlada, son to the mighty demon king Hiranyakashipu.

Hiranyakashipu is a very prominent figure in the Puranas. He was a son of the Rishi Kashyappa, of Kashyappasana fame. Kashyappa himself was a son of the Rishi Marichi, to whom as many as eight Marichyasanas