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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 63: Verses 44-53
You are responsible for the appearance, continuance and dissolution of the universe, alike to everyone, unperturbed, the beloved friend and deity, nay, the very Self of all. You are One without a second, the support of the worlds as also of the individual souls. 0 Lord, we adore You for release from the bondage of transmigration. Lord, this Banasura is a beloved devotee of mine and is (much) liked by me; I have assured him of my protection. Therefore, (kindly) extend Your favour to him even as You did to (his great grandfather) Prahrada (the ruler of the Daityas).
The glorious Lord replied : O Worshipful One, We shall do whatever You have said and that which is pleasing to You. I have fully approved of what You have decided (about him). (I know that) Banasura is a grandson of Virocana (Prahrada's son). I cannot kill him inasmuch as a boon has been granted by Me to Prahrada that no one born in his line would be killed by Me. His arms have been cut off by Me only to curb his pride, and his huge army has been exterminated simply because it was a burden on the earth. Four arms are left to him; they will be proof against age or destruction. He will be the foremost among Your attendants. Though an Asura, he will henceforward have nothing to fear from any quarter. Obtaining this assurance of security, the said demon saluted Sri Krsna with his head (bent low) and duly brought Aniruddha back together with his bride (Usa), placing them on a chariot. (Thereupon) with Bhagavan Sankara's congratulation Sri. Krsna departed placing in the van Aniruddha and his wife-who were finely dressed and fully adorned with ornaments-and were followed by an army consisting of one Aksauhini. Sri Krsna entered His capital-artistically decorated with flags and ornamental arches, with its streets and quadrangles sprinkled with water-and was met by the citizens, His (own) relations and Brahmanas, who came forth to receive Him with the sounding of conchs, drums and kettledrums. (Pariksit !) he who, rising from his bed in the morning, duly recalls the story of Sri Krsna's combat with Lord Sankara and His victory, will never meet with discomfiture.
Thus ends the sixty-third discourse entitled "Aniruddha brought back (to Dwaraka)," in the tatter half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana,
otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.
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