Kratha was a member of the Apsara group of assassins, sent by Bala to assassinate the latest incarnation of the Devi avatar, Tara Mehta.
Karkotaka and Vasuki and Takshaka and Prithusravas and Varuna and Kunjara, and Misri and Sankha and Kumuda and Pundarika, Dhritarashtra, and Hrada and Kratha and Sitikantha of fierce energy, and Chakramanda and Atishanda, Durmukha, and Amvarisha, and king Varuna