Sūta said: When I became terrible and black in. colour the kalpa was known as Kṛṣṇa after the colour assumed by me. There I resemble Kala (god of death). I am Kāla (Time), the reckoner of the worlds. O Brahmā, I was then known by you as Ghora (the terrible) with terrible exploits. O lord of Devas, Gāyatrī, born of me, was black in. body, black in blood, black in form and was named Brahmāṇī. Hence to those who know me that I have assumed the ghora form, I, the changeless one, shall be Aghora (non-terrible) and Śānta (quiescent).