Kubera, the god of wealth, once went to heaven where he met Shiva and Parvati. Parvati was so beautiful that Kubera kept looking at her. This made her very angry. Seeing Parvati angry, Kubera became fearful. From his fear emerged a demon called Lobhasura who went to the kingdom of demons. There he performed a long tapasya. Pleased, Shiva gave him the boon of fearlessness. After becoming fearless, Lobhasura conquered the three worlds. He also went to Mount Kailash, the home of Shiva and threatened to conquer it. Shiva remembered the boon that he had given Lobhasura and left Kailash on his own. Tormented by the cruelty of Lobhasura, the gods went to sage Raibhya who advised them to worship Ganesha. When the gods prayed to him, Ganesha appeared in his Gajanana form. Shiva went to Lobhasura and described the strength of Gajanana. Lobhasura became fearful and admitted defeat.