Kālarātri

Kālarātri

Kālarātri is a name used for more than one devatā in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Kālarātri (Attendant of Yama): the night of death, who stands armed beside Mṛtyu and Mahāmārī in the court of Yama, as the pāpīs see it. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 215–216
• Kālarātri in the Mahābhārata: the fearsome form of destruction, a dark woman in red with a noose, who drags away the warriors slain in Aśvatthāmā‘s attack by night. Mahābhārata, Sauptika Parva, Chapter 8
• Pārvatī: Kālarātri, a name of the Devī, Śiva‘s Śakti, who drew the amṛta from Rāhu’s body on the bank of the Gautamī and devoured it, and is called Kālarātri and Bhadrakālī. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 36