Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 6
The Slaying of Śālva and the Destruction of Saubha
इन्द्रप्रस्थं गत: कृष्ण आहूतो धर्मसूनुना । राजसूयेऽथ निवृत्ते शिशुपाले च संस्थिते ॥ ६ ॥ कुरुवृद्धाननुज्ञाप्य मुनींश्च ससुतां पृथाम् । निमित्तान्यतिघोराणि पश्यन् द्वारवतीं ययौ ॥ ७ ॥
indraprasthaṁ gataḥ kṛṣṇa āhūto dharma-sūnunā rājasūye ’tha nivṛtte śiśupāle ca saṁsthite
Invited by Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, Lord Kṛṣṇa had gone to Indraprastha. Now that the Rājasūya sacrifice had been completed and Śiśupāla killed, the Lord began to see inauspicious omens. So He took leave of the Kuru elders and the great sages, and also of Pṛthā and her sons, and returned to Dvārakā.
FAQs
He went because King Yudhiṣṭhira invited Him for the Rājasūya sacrifice, and this verse notes Kṛṣṇa’s return to that setting after the sacrifice concluded and Śiśupāla was slain.
Śiśupāla’s death marks the completion of a major dharmic event (the Rājasūya) and illustrates how the Lord’s actions conclude adharma while granting destiny-fulfilling results within His līlā.
Honor dharma and sacred commitments: complete responsibilities properly, and remember that the Lord’s presence in one’s life often comes through service, invitation, and sincere duty.