Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
जाता दैत्यास्ततो विप्रा इंद्रोपद्रवकारकाः । कालखंजा महारौद्राः कालकायास्तथापरे
jātā daityāstato viprā iṃdropadravakārakāḥ | kālakhaṃjā mahāraudrāḥ kālakāyāstathāpare
Puis, ô brāhmanes, naquirent des daityas qui tourmentaient Indra : certains nommés Kālakhañjā, d’une férocité extrême, et d’autres nommés Kālakāya.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (explicit address: ‘viprāḥ’)
Scene: A court of Indra under siege: stormy skies, frightened devas; two prominent asura leaders—Kālakhañjā and Kālakāya—loom with fierce forms, weapons raised, radiating ‘kāla’ darkness.
FAQs
When adharma swells, even the devas face distress—cosmic order requires divine intervention and righteous alignment.
None directly; this verse advances the plot within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s larger Himalayan sanctity narrative.
None.