Shumbha
Shumbha is a demon who Kali battles in the Devi Bhagavata Purana. Kali turns black out of rage while battling him and Nishumbha.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Shumbha is mentioned in Hindu texts as a demon defeated by Durga.
Relationships
- enemy of
- kali, Durga, Kauśikī, Durga, Dhumavati, Indra, Chandi, Kalaratri, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Ambika, Mahasarasvati
- co occurs with
- Shakti, Matrikas, Mahadevi, Sarasvati, Mahishasura, Chamunda, Chandamari, Durgasur, Nishumbha, Mahasaraswati, Narasimhi, Brahmani, Varahi, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi, Kauśikī, Gōzanze Myōō, Mahakali, Raktabija, Madhu-Kaitabha, Daruka, Gauri, Śiva, Satis, Vishnu, Ganesha, Lakshmi, Parvati, Kārtikeya, devi, Mahalakshmi, Trailokyavijaya, Śumbharāja, Vajrapāṇi, Maheshvara, Uma
- allied with
- Nishumbha
Mentioned by
- Vindhyavasini
- Yogmaya
- Ambika
- Mahasarasvati
- Mahakali
- Raktabija
- Madhu-Kaitabha
- Daruka
- Gauri
- Śiva
- Satis
- Vishnu
- Ganesha
- Lakshmi
- Parvati
- Kārtikeya
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kali turns black out of rage, while battling the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha.”
#12713 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In accounts of her battles with other demons such as Shumbha and Nishumbha, Durga manifests other warrior goddesses”
#30646 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Another oral legend tells that Dhumavati was created by the warrior goddess Durga in the battle against demons Shumbha and Nishumbha.”
#30826 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Once there were two demons named Shumbha and Nishumbha, who invaded devaloka and defeated the gods. Indra, the king of the gods, along with the other gods went to the Himalayas and prayed Mother Goddess for help.”
#30979 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she is the supreme shakti who took the form of Kauśikī from Gauri to slay demons like Shumbha and Nishumbha”
#31129 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5