*SKANDHA X. CHAP. 34.*
One day Rama and Krishna came to the forest to have company with the
Gopis. It was the first part of the night. They played upon the flute
and the Gopis listened to the music with rapt attention. At this time
Sankha Chuda, the well-known attendant of Kuvera, drove the Gopis away
northward. The girls wept and called out to Krishna and Rama for help.
They ran after the Yaksha who in terror left the Gopis and fled away.
Rama remained in charge of the Gopa girls. Krishna overtook Sankha Chuda
and severed his head with its jewel and presented the crest jewel to
Balarama.