One day, Vaishnavi devi’s concentration was slightly disturbed and millions of beautiful women were created from this disturbance. Vaishnavi devi constructed a palace for these minor goddesses and began to rule over them just as the moon rules over the stars.

Narada was on his way to pay a visit to Brahma, Indra and the other gods. He stopped by the palace and was struck by the beauty of Vaishnavi devi and the other goddesses. There was a terrible demon named Mahishasura and Narada immediately saw a way of bringing about the demon’s downfall.

Mahishasura lived in a grand city that he had built on the shores of the ocean. Narada went there and told Mahishasura the news of Vaishnavi devi’s great beauty. Mahishasura decided that such a beautiful woman was fit to be the wife of him alone. He sought the opinion of his advisers and it was decided that a messenger should be sent to Vaishnavi devi with the message that the king of the demons wished to marry her. The advisers did advise against the use of force right away. But this part of the advice Mahishasura did not accept. Together with the messenger, he sent a gigantic army under the generalship of the demon Virupaksha.