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defeated there and Banasura is about to be killed. Parvati then comes and interferes saying that she has accepted Banasura as her son and asks Lord Krishna not to kill him. Krishna removes all his hands, except two saying that he is arrogant because he has so many hands. She accepts and the makes Baanasura equivalent to Nandi and he becomes a Veerabhadra.
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