Kāliya—the many-headed serpent chastised by Lord Kṛṣṇa for poisoning a section of the Yamunā River.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-K-›Kaliya-the many-headed Kaliya-the many-headed serpent chastised by Lord Krsna for poisoning a section of the Yamuna River. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/k/kaliya-the-many-headed-serpent-chastised-by-lord-krsna-for-p Previous: Kaliṅga-a province in ancient India. Next: Kali-the black intense form of Lord Siva's wife. She wears a necklace of skulls. Demigoddess to whom worshipers may offer meat. Durga-Lord Siva 's wife in a fierce form, riding a tiger. The goddess is empowered by the Supreme Lord to preside over the material nature and bewilder the souls situated there into misconceiving themselves to be their material bodies and enjoyers and controllers of the mundane creation. She is very powerful, superseded only by Lord Visnu Himself, and is the external manifestation of the Lord's internal potency, Yoga-maya. Once a fallen soul takes to the path of God consciousness, she continues to offer various material allurements so as to test his sincerity and determination to serve the Lord. Once the Lord accepts the struggling soul she can no longer influence that soul and it is thus liberated.