Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
किंकिणीमालिनं चोष्ट्रमारूढोऽभूच्च जंभकः । कालमुंचं महामेघमारूढः शुम्भदानवः
kiṃkiṇīmālinaṃ coṣṭramārūḍho'bhūcca jaṃbhakaḥ | kālamuṃcaṃ mahāmeghamārūḍhaḥ śumbhadānavaḥ
Jambhaka apparut lui aussi, monté sur un chameau paré d’une guirlande de grelots tintants ; et le Dānava Śumbha, chevauchant un nuage gigantesque qui semblait répandre le Kāla, la fatalité, s’avança.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Scene: Jambhaka rides a camel hung with rows of tinkling bells. Śumbha advances seated upon a vast, dark cloud—like a moving storm that ‘pours out Time’—casting shadow over the army beneath.
FAQs
The Purāṇas depict adharma as theatrically powerful, yet such power is transient when it threatens the cosmic balance protected by the Devas.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it continues the martial catalogue of the Daitya forces.
None.