Verse 6·VR 3.17.6

सा तु शूर्पणखा नाम दशग्रीवस्य रक्षसः | भगिनी रामम् आसाद्य ददर्श त्रिदश उपमम् || ३-१७-६

diiptaasyam ca mahaabaahum padma patraayata iikShaNam |gaja vikraa.nta gamanam jaTaa maNdala dhaariNam || 3-17-7sukumaaram mahaa sattvam paarthiva vya.njana anvitam |raamam indiivara shyaamam kandarpa sadR^isha prabham || 3-17-8babhuuva indropamam dR^iShTvaa raakShasii kaama mohitaa |

Translation

She is but the sister of ten-faced demon Ravana, Shuurpanakha by her name and she has seen him on reaching the paradisiacal being like Rama. [3-17-6]

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