Vishnupurana 5.34.p5

5.34.p5

When the inhabitants of Kāsi beheld the head of their king shot into the city they were much surprised and wondered how it could have been accomplished. Having come to know that the king had been slain by Krishna, the king's son together with the priest of the family propitiated Sankara. Well pleased on account of being worshipped in the sacred place Avimuktā the deity asked the prince to pray for a boon, on which he said:—"O lord, mighty god, through thy favour, let thy mystic spirit slay Krishna, the murderer of my father!"