Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 110: Vasiṣṭha Requests Rāma to Accept the Throne
Text 2.110.28
कल्माषपादपुत्रोऽभूच्छङ्खणस्त्विति विश्रुतः।
यस्तु तद्वीर्यमासाद्य सहसैन्यो व्यनीनशत्॥
kalmāṣapāda-putro ’bhūc chaṅkhaṇas tv iti viśrutaḥ
yas tu tad-vīryam āsādya saha-sainyo vyanīnaśat
kalmāṣapāda-putraḥ = Kalmāṣapāda’s son; abhūt = was; śaṅkhaṇaḥ tu iti = as Śaṅkhaṇa; viśrutaḥ = very famous; yaḥ tu = who; tat-vīryam = Kalmāṣapāda’s strength; āsādya = upon facing; saha-sainyaḥ = with his army; vyanīnaśat = was destroyed.
“Kalmāṣapāda’s son was very famous as Śaṅkhaṇa who was destroyed with his army upon facing Kalmāṣapāda’s strength.
Kalmāṣapāda had attained the nature of a rākṣasa by the curse of Vasiṣṭha. Because Kalmāṣapāda was a rākṣasa, his own son was destroyed.