Source of The Story
The killing of Shambuka appears in the Valmiki Ramayana, Book 7, the 'Uttarakanda', sargas 73-76, in the Adhyatma Ramayana version of Ramayana.
Scholars such as Purushottama Candra Jaina, Bhagawan Singh and John Brockington writes that this story "is of late origin". The story is considered to be of dubious origin due to the following reasons:
- The story does not find mention in summaries of Ramayana in puraNas or the Mahabharata.
- Hindu texts have never cited the episode of Shambukavadha to debar Sudras from tapasyaa.
- The entire Uttarakanda itself is suspected to be a later addition due to:
- Inferior poetic quality of the verses.
- Occurance of the phala-shruthi at the end of the sixth kANDa.
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