Aghasura (अघासुरः)

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Aghasura (Samskrit: अघासुरः) was the brother of Bakasura and Putana and a follower of Kamsa. Following Kamsa’s instructions, he once went to Gokula to kill Sri Krshna. At that time, Sri Krshna was playing on the banks of the river Kalindi with other gopalas. Aghasura watched the games of the children from the sky above. And in due course, transformed himself into a huge serpent and lay with his mouth wide open. His open mouth looked like an immense cave. The foul smell coming from his mouth soon spread over the whole place. However, Sri Krshna and the other gopalas did not know anything about this. They walked into the cave-like mouth of Agha in the course of their games and got trapped in the asura’s stomach. Aghasura also immediately closed his mouth imprisoning all the boys including Sri Krshna inside his body. Some of the boys fell dead then and there. Realizing the situation, Sri Krshna now enlarged his body. His body grew larger and larger until at last it burst open the body of the serpent (Agha). And thus, Aghasura was killed. Sri Krshna then restored life of the boys by his divine look (kataksha). This story is taken from the Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10, Chapter 12.