Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.37

तेन तत्रैव वसता जनस्थाननिवासिनी। विरूपिता शूर्पणखा राक्षसी कामरूपिणी॥

tena tatraiva vasatā janasthānanivāsinī| virūpitā śūrpaṇakhā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī||

English Meaning

It was while he was living there that, that dweller of Janasthāna, the Rākṣasī Śūrpanakhā, capable of assuming any form at will, was disfigured.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)