Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.772
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.772
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A great battle between the devas and asuras was going on. The asuras were winning and the devas got frightened at the strength of the asuras and so Śiva himself entered the battlefield. Jalandhara who led the army of the asuras found the fight against Śiva very tough and smelt defeat. He decided to cheat Pārvatī, the consort of Śiva, to compensate for his defeat in the battle-field and so making an asura named Śumbha as the chief, he left for Kailāsa. Śumbha became a māyā Jalandhara and continued the fight.