There is an interesting story about Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva. This I read in an article about Vrajam by the great devotee of Guruvayoorappan, the late Paaleri Namboodiri. I am just retelling the essence of the story in English.
In Gokulam, when they started seeing all the bad omens like the attempt of Poothana, Shakatasuran and Thrunnavartthan to kill Krishna, Nandadevar and Yashodadevi decided to move to Vrindaavanam where there were many hills covered with green grass and water was plenty for the cows and calves. They moved to a small place and named it Nanda Gaav surrounded by hills and nourished by river Yamuna. When they moved there, Lord Shiva came to see Krishna. Yashoda devi was hesitant to introduce Lord Shiva to the little boy Krishna because she was afraid that Krishna would be scared to see Lord Shiva with three eyes, live snakes around His neck, vibhoothi or ash smeared all over His body and wearing the skin of a leopard (or tiger?). Because of the powerul Maaya's influence Yashoda Devi forgot that even "Bhayam or fear personified is afraid of Bhagavaan"!
Lord Shiva was a little upset about not being able to see Lord Krishna and decided to do do tapa in a near by forest. Also Krishna was very sad that he could not meet Lord Shiva and started crying continuously. As a child He used his relentless cry as a weapon to change His mother's mind. (Here we have to remember His last name in Vishnu Sahasra naamam "sarva praharanaayudha:" meaning one who can change anything to a weapon and use it appropriately). Yashoda Devi could not see Him crying and asked the gopikaas to take Krishna to Lord Shiva. They saw each other and both of them were delighted. So Yashoda requested Shiva to stay near Nand Gaav so that often they would be able to enjoy the company of each other. Yashodha made one more request to Lord Shiva to pacify Krishna whenever he cried and showed his temper tantrums. Then Lord Shiva, the greatest Krishna Bhaktha, agreed on one condition:
"Mother Yashoda, I will be here all the time if you promise me that you will feed me the left over food from Krishna's plate ( Krishna nirmaalyam) after every single meal "
Yashoda agreed to that and even now after doing naivedyam to Krishna, the same nirmallyam is offered to Nandeesvar Mahadevar in the nearby temple..
This story makes it clear why Bhakthakavi Vaazhakkunnam wrote the two lines in his poem Thiruamruthetthu (തിരു അമൃതേത്തു). (I always wondered why Sree Vazhakkunnam wrote these lines.)
തൃഷ്ണയോടെ വരുന്നൂ ശങ്കരന്
വിഷ്ണുനൈര്മാല്യം ഉണ്ണാനും
പുണ്യം നേടാനും കാക വേഷത്തില്
കണ്ണനുണ്ണി മാമു ഉണ്ണനെ
(Shankaran is coming eagerly to eat the left over meal of Bhagavaan Vishnu (as Lord Krishna) in the form of a crow.)
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