Adhyaya 250

This chapter connects the Yādava lineage with the Aniruddha–Uṣā romance. Pradyumna—an aṃśa of Madana—is born to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī, and Aniruddha is born thereafter. Uṣā dreams of a divine youth; Citralekhā recognizes him by drawing portraits and, through māyā, abducts Aniruddha from Dvārakā to Māhiṣmatī. When the matter is discovered, Aniruddha routs Bāṇa’s guards but is bound by a serpent-weapon. Kṛṣṇa arrives; Śiva, constrained by a boon to protect Bāṇa, fights Kṛṣṇa. The fevers tāpajvara and śītajvara manifest, and hearing of the Hari–Hara battle is said to remove disease. Kṛṣṇa subdues Śiva with the Mohana-weapon; Pārvatī pleads for restoration, and Śiva praises Kṛṣṇa’s supreme lordship. Kṛṣṇa spares Bāṇa after severing many arms; reconciliation follows, Aniruddha is freed, and the marriage is duly performed before the return to Dvārakā.