Then Pradyumna and the Yadava army went to Alakapuri, the abode of the yakshas. Although Kuvera, the lord of the yakshas, knew well the supreme position of Sri Krishna, however under the influence of the illusory energy of Lord, he proudly thought: "I am one of the patrons of the planets." For this reason, Kuvera decided to fight the Yadavas. Kuvera sent a messenger to Pradyumna, saying that as Indra is the king of the demigods in the heavenly kingdom, so he, Kuvera, is the king of all kings on Earth, and therefore he does not want to pay tribute to the Yadava king. Kuvera noted that if Pradyumna will not accept this, he is ready to fight.
Hearing Kuvera's message, Pradyumna blushed with anger and conveyed to the messenger that he gladly accepts the challenge of Kuvera. Soon Kuvera climbed on x his Pushpaka chariot along with his sons Manigriva and Nalakuvara and entered the battle. A huge army of yakshas followed them. Some yakshas had ridiculous forms: they had crocodile heads, heads of horses, lions or turtles. Many ghosts and spirits came to their aid. All earth and sky were covered in ghosts and goblins. Then arrived Virabhadra, as well as Karttikeya riding a peacock and Ganesha - on a rat. In this great battle, the following happened: Chandrabhanu, the son of Krishna and Rukmini, fought with Manigreeva, and soon Kuvera's son fell to the ground unconscious. Nalakuvara fought with Kritavarma, and fainted from stream of arrows of Kritavarma. While Gada, the younger brother of Balarama, was being driven back by ghosts and spirits on the battlefield, Virabhadra entered the battle. Virabhadra and Gada fought in fierce duel until Gada threw away Virabhadra to Mount Kailash. Then Karttikeya entered the battle and attacked Samba and Aniruddha. Samba, son of Krishna and Jambavati, fired a mighty arrow that hit the peacock of Karttikeya, son of Parvati, and also wounded him. Ganesha, riding a rat, entered the battle. Ganesha had four arms, in which he held the lasso, goad, poleaxe and lotus. Pradyumna said to Aniruddha, “Ganesha cannot be defeated because he received a blessing from Krishna in Kailash. While he is on the battlefield, we can't win. I want you to take shape of ferocious cat and scared Ganesha's rat so that he carried him off the battlefield." Aniruddha immediately accepted the shape of a cat and suddenly appeared in front of Ganesha's rat. When the cat scratched the rat with its sharp claws, it fled in horror from the battlefield, pursued by a ferocious cat. Looking at this sight, Kuvera decided to fight by ascending on his Pushpaka chariot. Kuvera caused the illusion of the yakshas, creating darkness around and sending rain pouring in streams the size of an elephant's trunk. All oceans seemed to connect together like it was a worldwide flood at the time of destruction of the universe. All the Yadava warriors in horror began to chant Krishna's name. Pradyumna, realizing that it was created by the yakshas illusion, repeated the kama-bija mantra, conjuring an arrow. He wrote the name of Krishna on the point of an arrow and stretching to the ear, released it with great force. Taking off, the arrow illuminated the entire space and dispelled all the illusion of the yakshas. Seeing this, Kuvera left the battlefield in fear, and all the yakshas followed him. After some time, Kuvera came to Pradyumna and offered him a rich tribute, as well as glorifying prayers. After that, no king dared to challenge Pradyumna, knowing that he defeated Kuvera, the guardian of heavenly riches
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