Shurpanakha is often shown to be very beautiful in Hindi films. Even in the recent Ramayan film, Shurpanakha was shown to be very beautiful. Rakul Preet has played the character of Shurpanakha in this film. According to Valmiki Ramayana, Shurpanakha looked exactly the opposite. In some verses of Valmiki Ramayana, the appearance of Ram ji and Shurpanakha has been compared. It is told in Valmiki Ramayana that as beautiful as Lord Rama's character was, Shurpanakha was equally ugly. According to Valmiki, when Shurpanakha met Lord Rama, she was a widow.
Valmiki Ramayana is a very special book of Hindu religion, in which the story of Lord Rama is told. This scripture contains 24,000 verses, 500 sub-sections and 7 kandas. By reading this book, people take inspiration from Lord Ram to live an ideal life. Now the question arises that what did Shurpanakha look like according to Valmiki Ramayana? Let us know. In Valmiki Ramayana, Shurpanakha is described as ugly, although in some other texts she is described as a beautiful woman in love.
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What did Shurpanakha actually look like?
According to Valmiki Ramayana, when Shurpanakha first met Lord Rama in the forest, Lord Rama was a very handsome man in his young age, while Shurpanakha was a demoness, who looked very scary and ugly. At that time Shurpanakha had long nails.
The form of Lord Ram and Shurpanakha has been described through verses in Canto 17, Verse 10 and 11 of Aranyakand of 'Valmiki Ramayana'. While on one hand Lord Ram's appearance was very attractive, on the other hand Shurpanakha's face was very ugly. While on one hand Ram's eyes were big and charming, on the other hand Shurpanakha's eyes were very scary. Furthermore, the verse states that Lord Rama had black and beautiful hair, while Shurpanakha had dark red hair. Apart from this, as sweet as Ram ji's voice was, Shurpanakha's voice was equally terrible and scary.
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Sumukham Durmukhi Ram Vritmadhyam Mahodari.
Vishalaksham Virupakshi Sukeshan Tamramurdhaja॥
Priyarupam Virupa Sa Suswaram Bhairavswana.
Young, brave, old, south, left-spoken.
Justice Vritta Sudurvritta Priyampriyadarshana॥
The meaning of this verse is- Ram ji's face was beautiful and Shurpanakha's face was very ugly and ugly. Shri Ram's eyes were beautiful because they were big, whereas the eyes of that demon were ugly and scary. Shri Raghunath ji's hair were smooth and beautiful, whereas Shurpanakha's hair was copper red. Shri Ram's form looked very lovely, Shurpanakha's form was monstrous.
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Ravana made her a widow
According to the mythological story, when Shurpanakha grew up, she married Prince Vidyutjihva of the Kalakeya demon dynasty without the consent of her family. After which Shurpanakha's brother Ravana became very angry. He had decided to kill both of them. After this, Shurpanakha's husband Vidyutjihva was defeated and killed in the battlefield. Ravana wanted to kill his sister Shurpanakha also. While Ravana's wife Mandodari, brothers Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana prevented him from doing so, Shurpanakha was not killed.
After the death of her husband, Shurpanakha lived in the forest and was busy finding a new husband for herself. According to Valmiki Ramayana, when Ram was going around the Panchavati forest, Shurpanakha saw him and assumed a beautiful form and went to him and proposed to marry him.
Note: This article is based on religious beliefs and calculations. We do not confirm this.