Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
इति यावत्समायातास्तां नेतुं सौविदल्लकाः । तावत्तया कालरात्र्या प्रत्युक्तो दैत्यपुंगवः
iti yāvatsamāyātāstāṃ netuṃ sauvidallakāḥ | tāvattayā kālarātryā pratyukto daityapuṃgavaḥ
“While he was speaking thus, the Sauvidallaka attendants arrived to lead her away. Just then, the bull among Daityas was answered in return by Kālarātrī.”
Narrator (contextual, within Skanda-to-Agastya frame for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Attendants (Sauvidallakas) arrive to escort a woman away; at that instant Kālarātrī confronts the daitya leader, halting the momentum with a fierce reply.
FAQs
Purāṇic stories often pivot when a higher power intervenes; here the narrative turns as Kālarātrī responds, signaling a dharmic correction.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger Kāśī milieu.
None.