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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.27

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage. Kuśadhvaja joins the assembly, Vasiṣṭha recounts the Ikṣvāku lineage and asks for Janaka’s two daughters for Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: Raghu's son Pravṛddha becomes the man-eater Kalmāṣapāda → the succession continues through Śaṅkhaṇa, Sudarśana, Agnivarṇa, Śīghraga, Maru, Praśuśruka, Ambarīṣa, Nahuṣa, Yayāti, Nābhāga, Aja, and Daśaratha

1.69.27

raghos tu putras tejasvī pravṛddhaḥ puruṣādakaḥ
kalmāṣapādo hy abhavat tasmāj jātas tu śaṅkhaṇaḥ

Raghu's energetic son Pravṛddha became a man-eater — indeed he was (the one called) Kalmāṣapāda; and from him was born Śaṅkhaṇa.

Words: raghos — of Raghu; tu — and; putras — son; tejasvī — energetic, splendid; pravṛddhaḥ — Pravṛddha (‘the full-grown’); puruṣādakaḥ — a man-eater; kalmāṣapādo — Kalmāṣapāda; hy — indeed; abhavat — became; tasmāj — from him; jātas — born; tu — and; śaṅkhaṇaḥ — Śaṅkhaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.