Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62
शुम्भो डिम्भश्च रौद्रश्च प्रह्लादश्चासुरोत्तमः । दण्डपाणिर्विपाणिश्च सिंहवक्त्रस्तथानघ
śumbho ḍimbhaśca raudraśca prahlādaścāsurottamaḥ | daṇḍapāṇirvipāṇiśca siṃhavaktrastathānagha
“(Demikian juga) di rumah Śumbha dan Ḍimbha, di rumah Raudra, dan di rumah Prahlāda—yang terunggul antara para Asura—di rumah Daṇḍapāṇi dan Vipāṇi, serta juga di rumah Siṃhavaktra, wahai yang tidak berdosa.”
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A narrator’s voice overlays a burning town; in the foreground, a sage-like figure gestures while the listener is addressed as ‘anagha’; behind them, labeled houses of Śumbha, Ḍimbha, Raudra, Prahlāda, Daṇḍapāṇi, Vipāṇi, Siṃhavaktra burn in sequence.
FAQs
Even celebrated or powerful figures (named as ‘foremost’) are not beyond the consequences of adharma and violence.
The Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape (Revā/Narmadā) forms the setting, but the verse itself is a narrative enumeration.
None; the verse continues the listing within the episode.