Asura · Vaishnava · North India

Pralamba

Asura who joins the cowherd boys' game disguised as one of them and runs off with Balarama on his back; killed by him by the Bhandira fig.

Sources: Vishnu Purana 5.9, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived); Srimad Bhagavatam 10.18 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase) · see Pralamba's web

Relations 1

Pralamba slain by

Balarama (Avatar) Vaishnava · The demon in the cowherds' game
By the Bhandira fig, after the game.

Stories 1

The demon in the cowherds' game
Legend · as the disguised demon · 2 tellings

Cited

Vishnu Purana 5.9, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840), sacred-texts (archived) Primary text (translation)
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.18 (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, vedabase) Primary text (translation)