Chapter 18 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 18.24

क्षीबो विचित्राभरणः शङ्कुकर्णो महाबलः। तेन विश्रवसः पुत्रः स दृष्टो राक्षसाधिपः॥

kṣībo vicitrābharaṇaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahābalaḥ| tena viśravasaḥ putraḥ sa dṛṣṭo rākṣasādhipaḥ||

English Meaning

There was a warder by name Sankukarņa in that forest—highly powerful, wearing various ornaments and addicted to drinking. And by him was seen that lord of Rākşasas—the son of Visrava.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)