Text 37]
King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
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cause she is the chaste wife of Lord Śiva. Lord Śiva is also a great Vaiṣṇava and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kālī accepts the remnants of food left by Lord Śiva. Therefore there is no possibility of her eating flesh or fish. Such offerings are accepted by the associates of goddess Kālī known as  bhūtas ,  piśācas  and  Rākṣasas , and those who take the  prasāda  of goddess Kālī in the shape of flesh or fish are not actually taking the  prasāda  left by goddess Kālī, but the food left by the  bhūtas  and  piśācas .
TEXT 37
मवान् परित्रातुमिहावतीर्णो धर्मं जनानां समयानुरूपम् । वेनापचारादवलुप्तमय तदेहतो विष्णुकलासि वैन्य ॥३७॥
bhavān paritrātum ihāvatīrṇo dharmaṁ janānāṁ samayānurūpam venāpacārād avaluptam adya tad-dehato viṣṇu-kalāsi vainya
bhavān—Your Majesty; paritrātum—just to deliver; ihā—in this world; avatīrṇaḥ—incarnated; dharmam—religious system; janānām—of the people in general; samaya-anurūpam—according to the time and circumstances; vena-apacārāt—by the misdeeds of King Vena; avaluptam—almost vanished; adya—at the present moment; tat—his; dehataḥ—from the body; viṣṇu—of Lord Viṣṇu; kalā—part of a plenary portion; asi—you are; vainya—O son of King Vena.
TRANSLATION
O King Pṛthu, son of Vena, you are the part and parcel expansion of Lord Viṣṇu. Due to the mischievous activities of King Vena, religious principles were almost lost. At that opportune moment you descended as the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu. Indeed, for the protection of religious principles you have appeared from the body of King Vena.
PURPORT
The way in which Lord Viṣṇu kills the demons and protects the faithful is mentioned in  Bhagavad-gītā :