Skandapurana 6.3.184.14

6.3.184.14

vidhautapāpaṃ mahitaṃ dharmaśaktyā viśenna hatyā devībhayātprabhītā .
raktāmbarā raktamālyopayuktā kṛṣṇā nārī raktadāmaprasaktā .. 184.14 ..

Magnified by the power of dharma, the murder, frightened through fear of the goddess,
would not enter the cleansed-sin [ford]—a dark woman clad in red garments, wearing red garlands, attached to a red cord.