Once a demon named Bhaumāsura stole Lord Varuṇa's umbrella, mother Aditi's golden ear rings, and the playground of the demigods, known as Mani-parvata. He also kidnapped 16,100 beautiful young maidens from various royal families all over the world. Indra, King ofheaven, went to Dvārakā to describe the demon's transgressions to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Together with Queen Satyabhāmā, the Lord then mounted His carrier Garuḍa and traveled to the capital of Bhaumāsura's kingdom.
On a field outside the city He decapitated the demon Mura with His disc. Then He fought and killed the seven sons of Mura, sending them all to the abode of death. After this, Bhaumāsura himself entered the battlefield on the back of an elephant and attacked Kṛṣṇa with his spear, but the weapon proved ineffective, and Kṛṣṇa cut the demon's entire army to pieces. finally, with His sharp-edged disc Kṛṣṇa cut off Bhaumāsura's head.
Afterwards Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the demon's palace, where He found the 16,100 princesses. As soon as they caught sight of the Lord, they all decided to accept Him as their husband. In Vedic society, once a girl has been kidnapped she is considered defiled and unfit for marriage. Yet the Lord, out of His causeless mercy and in response to their love for Him, decided to marry all of them. Thus He sent them to Dvārakā along with a great quantity of treasure taken from the palace of Bhaumāsura. When Kṛṣṇa returned to • Dvārakā He duly married each maiden simultaneously in individual ceremonies, thus proving that He is no ordinary man, even though His earthly pastimes sometimes resemble human activities.