Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91
हा कालबालकवती किमुतेन राज्ञी त्वत्कालतां न हृतवान्नसुताननेंदुः । बालेति कोमलमृणाल लतांगलीलं दंभोलिनिष्ठुरकठोरकुठारदंष्ट्रः
hā kālabālakavatī kimutena rājñī tvatkālatāṃ na hṛtavānnasutānaneṃduḥ | bāleti komalamṛṇāla latāṃgalīlaṃ daṃbholiniṣṭhurakaṭhorakuṭhāradaṃṣṭraḥ
Aduhai—dibuat tak beranak oleh Kala! Lalu bagaimana nasib sang permaisuri—bukankah rembulan wajah putranya telah merenggut nyawanya? ‘Seorang anak!’—namun permainan tubuh yang lembut bak tangkai teratai dan sulur itu dihantam Kala, yang taringnya laksana vajra yang kejam, kapak yang keras, dan bilah yang tak berbelas.
Narrator/lamentspeaker within the story (describing the queen’s grief)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A queen clutches her chest, staring at the imagined ‘moon-face’ of her son; Kāla is personified with thunderbolt/axe/blade-like fangs striking the tender lotus-stalk body of the child.
FAQs
It stresses impermanence: Time spares none, urging the seeker toward the deathless refuge praised throughout the Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
Not named in the verse; the larger Kāśī Khaṇḍa context points to Kāśī as the sacred place where death is transformed into liberation.
None explicitly.