Shumbha (शुम्भ) and Nishumbha (निशुम्भ) are two asuras in Hindu mythology, featured in the Devi Mahatmya. In their legend, they were slain by the goddess...

Hinduism. According to the Puranas, he fought with Shumbha and Nishumbha against the goddesses Kali and Chandi, both forms of Durga. Raktabīja secured from...

Mahatmya, Chanda and Munda are asuras (demons) in the service of demons Shumbha and Nishumbha. One day, they set their eyes upon Parvati and were overwhelmed...

was created before Parvati's conflict with the asura brothers Shumbha and Nishumbha, and was also the reason the Matrikas come into existence. The story...

follows: Long time ago, the demon kings Shumbha and Nishumbha had captured the kingdom of the god-king of heaven - Indra and thrown the gods from Swarga (heaven)...

to grant her a boon and instead requested her to stop her penance and slay the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha. Parvati agreed and went to take a bath in...

legends, Rambha was reborn as Raktabīja, the army commander of Shumbha and Nishumbha. Raktabīja secured from Shiva a boon according to which if one drop...

is threatened when the demon king Shumbha (along with his brother Nishumbha) expresses his desire to marry Parvati and wages war against Shiva. In an attempt...

ending, Shiva and his forces realised the truth. Shiva engaged Shumbha and Nishumbha in battle, but they soon fled. They were later killed by Parvati...

eventually killing Raktabija and helping goddess Chandi kill his commanders, Shumbha and Nishumbha. She became so fierce and destructive that she started...

of the goddess Mahadevi. They had assembled to defeat the asuras Shumbha and Nishumbha, who had overrun Svarga (heaven). According to many Puranas, at...

(chapters 5–13) the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha conquer heaven and the gods go to the Himalayas to pray to Devi. Soon, Parvati arrives and asks them to whom they...

threatened by the demon duos Shumbha and Nishumbha, another sons of Diti. Shumbha falls in love with Parvati. He orders Chanda and Munda to bring her to the...

are hostile to the deities and mankind), including demons (such as Mahishasura) and giants (such as Shumbha and Nishumbha), is a commonly witnessed scene...

demons Shumbha and Nishumbha, their Shaktis (power) personified themselves to defeat the demon. Indrani is described to be emerging from Indra and has similar...

Siddharth as Tarakaksha Prateek Bohara as Shumbha /Surya / Parshurama / Jamadagni Anil Yadav as Nishumbha / Parashurama Firoz Ali as Agni Renuka Israni...

as Devi Tulasi Farhaan Khan as Shankhchura Javed Pathan as Shumbha Ravish Rathi as Nishumbha Gurpreet Singh as Bhagiratha Kartikey Malviya as Shani Unknown...

or manifestations of Durga engaged in fighting with the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha, and the principal yoginis are identified with the Matrikas. Other...

Mahishasura. She has been affiliated with and also considered as Katyayini, Kaushiki or Ambika who killed Shumbha, Nishumbha and their fellow demons. "The great...

demons Shumbha and Nishumbha.: 221  In Kāli's most famous legend, Durga and her assistants, the Matrikas, wound the demon Raktabīja, in various ways and with...

legend, in which Chanda-Munda, the Army Chief of a local Demon Kings Shumbha and Nishumbha were killed by goddess Chandi here, after which the place got the...

created by the warrior goddess Durga in the battle against demons Shumbha and Nishumbha. Dhumavati's literal name ("she who abides in smoke") comes from...

various manifestations of Durga engaged in fighting with the demons Shumbha and Nishumbha, and the principal yoginis are identified with the Matrikas. There...

"sheath" of Durga and was assigned the task of eliminating the demons Chanda and Munda, generals of demon kings Shumbha-Nishumbha. She fought a fierce...

Chamunda, who killed Chanda and Munda Kaushiki, who killed Shumbha and Nishumbha Minakshi, who defeated all the demigods and destroyed the arrogance of...

Kurma Purana and the Suprabhedagama contain references to Matrikas, and this asserts their antiquity. According to the Shumbha-Nishumbha story of Devi...

Mahalakshmi The conquest of the Heavens by Shumba - Nishumbha and Birth of Devi Kaushiki The story of King Suratha and a Vaishya who heard the Devi Mahatmyam from...

asuras Shumbha and Nishumbha. The colour of the day is royal blue. The goddess is depicted in a red-coloured attire or tiger skin with enraged and fiery...

Shailu, Shivani's look-alike artist Goddess Parvathi, in the Story of Shumbha Nishumbha told bye Digvijay's Mother/Grandmother of Trishul Ninaad Harithsa...

Buddhism as well, like the Buddhist goddesses Vajravārāhī and Marichi According to the Shumbha-Nishumbha story of the Devi Mahatmya from the Markandeya Purana...