[5] Pañcaśikha makes his most notable appearance in the Sutra of the Questions of Śakra; the Sakkapañha Sutta in the Pali Canon and the Śakraparipṛcchā Sūtra (帝釋所問經) in the Taishō Tripiṭaka; where his role as interlocutor becomes apparent.

Like a cure when you’re struck by fever dire, or food to ease the hunger pain, come on, darling, please put out my fire, quench me like water on a flame.

As elephants burning in the heat of summer, sink down in a lotus pond to rest, so cool, full of petals and of pollen— that’s how I would plunge into your breast.

Like elephants bursting bonds in rutting season, beating off the pricks of lance and pikes— I just don’t understand what is the reason I’m so crazy for your shapely thighs!

I pay homage to him, bowing down humbly, to he whose daughter is of such a kind.” The Buddha praised Pañcaśikha for his ability to harmonize his voice and instrument and asked him when he composed the song.

Pañcaśikha relayed the story of when he fell in love with the goddess Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā shortly after the Buddha's enlightenment.

Within Pali literature, Pañcaśikha is seen in the Pañcasikha Sutta where he visits the Buddha and asks him why some beings attain arhatship in their present lives while others do not.