[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2708 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2708 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2708 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2708](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2708) 13) \*Kṛṣṇa killed Kālayavana.\* King Kālayavana wanted to conquer Mathurāpurī for which purpose he performed penance and secured from Śiva the boon that none of the Yādavas would be able to kill him. Kṛṣṇa had shifted to Dvārakā, somewhat dejected by the thought that Kālayavana could not be killed because of the protection accorded by Śiva’s boon. - [Previous: c7.2707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2707) - [Next: c7.2709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2709) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2708](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2708) · Pramāṇa