Krishna and Banasura
Banasura was a demon who worshipped Shiva. And pleased with Banasura's
worship Shiva promised to fulfill his wish. The arrogant Bana asked
Shiva to guard his gates. Shiva took great
offense at this but had to agree because he had already given his word.
Eventually, Bana became more powerful and one day he expressed his wish
to fight with someone. Shiva said his wish would be fulfilled when the
flagstaff on his palace was broken.
Bana's daughter, Usha, loved Krishna's grandson Aniruddha. Bana did
not like this. Once, when Aniruddha came, Bana captrured him. Narada
informed Krishna about the incident. Krishna arrived at Bana's palace
and broke his flagstaff. Recognising the signal, Bana attacked him.
Krishna won the battle and was about to kill Bana when Shiva begged him
to spare Bana's life. Krishna agreed on the condition that Bana
apologised for his mistakes. Bana then asked Shiva, to forgive him.
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