Krishna & Putana Story: Why did Shri Krishna give the status of mother to Putana, who administered poison? Know this interesting story
Uma Shankar June 19, 2026 12:23 AM

Lord Krishna's Leela: Lord Shri Hari Vishnu, the sustainer of the world, had incarnated in the form of Shri Krishna in Dwaparayuga. Shri Krishna had re-established religion on earth by destroying the wicked and demons. God was born as the eighth son of Mother Devaki. His birth was predicted at the time of the marriage of Mother Devaki and Vasudev ji. After hearing the prophecy, Devaki ji's tyrant brother and king of Mathura, Kansa, put him and Vasudev ji in prison.

Also, information was sought from the guards about every son of Devaki ji, but when the time came for the birth of Lord Shri Krishna, due to his leela, all the guards fell asleep and Vasudev ji left the Lord in Gotul. Then after a long time, when Kansa came to know about the newborn children of Gokul and Nandgaon, he thought that Lord Shri Krishna would also join them, after which he sent a demon named Putna to kill the child Krishna. Putana started killing all the newborns one by one. Then she came to kill Shri Krishna, but God put an end to her, but do you know that Shri Krishna gave the status of mother to Putna, who administered poison. Let us know this interesting story.

according to legend…

According to the legend, after reaching Gokul, Putana took the form of a beautiful woman. All the villagers were attracted by his appearance. Putna reached Nandbaba's house and saw little Krishna sleeping. After this Putana lifted Shri Krishna in her lap. On this, Yashoda ji thought that Goddess Lakshmi herself had come from Devlok to feed her milk to Kanha, but Putana had applied poison named Kalakoot on her breasts. After taking Kanha in her lap, she started feeding him milk.

God took away the life of Putna

Putna had hoped that Shri Krishna would die as soon as he drank the milk, but little Krishna started sucking Putna's life along with her milk. In this way God took away Putna's life in a few moments. Due to this, Putana fell on the ground and started crying with her arms and legs spread. His huge body was spread up to 12 kilometers. Yashoda ji and the Gopis picked up little Krishna. Even though Putana had come to kill Shri Krishna, she had fed the Lord with her milk. On this pretext he had touched the body of God.

Due to this reason Pootna had become pure. Since Putana had fed milk to Lord Krishna, God granted salvation to Putana. Not only this, he sent her to his abode and gave the status of mother to Putana.

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