According to the Padma Purana, during Shriram’s Ashwamedh yagya, the sacrificial horse was stopped by Mahadev’s ardent devotee King Veermani of Devpur. This resulted into a massive battle between Shriram’s army lead by Shatrughna and Bharat’s son Pushkal along with Bajarangbali. When Veermani’s army started losing he requested for Mahadev’s help.

Mahadev heard the cries of his devotee and came to his rescue along with Veerbhadra and Nandi. Massive battle ensued, which resulted in Pushkal and Shatrughna getting unconscious. At this point Hanuman ji remembered the name of Shriram and faced Mahadev. 

The duel went on for many days, in the end Shivaji fired his Pashupat missile, which was absorbed by Hanuman ji due to Brahmadev’s boon to him. 

Eventually Shriram came to the battlefield to stop this battle. Shivaji asked Veermani to surrender to Shriram and revived everyone.

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