Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.1.41

hato hiraṇyakaśipur

hariṇā siḿha-rūpiṇā

hiraṇyākṣo dharoddhāre

bibhratā śaukaraḿ vapuḥ

SYNONYMS

hataḥ — killed; hiraṇyakaśipuḥ — Hiraṇyakaśipu; hariṇā — by Hari, Viṣṇu; siḿha-rūpiṇā — in the form of a lion (Lord Narasiḿha); hiraṇyākṣaḥ — Hiraṇyākṣa; dharā-uddhāre — to lift the earth; bibhratā — assuming; śaukaram — the boarlike; vapuḥ — form.

TRANSLATION

Appearing as Nṛsiḿhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Hari, killed Hiraṇyakaśipu. When the Lord delivered the planet earth, which had fallen in the Garbhodaka Ocean, Hiraṇyākṣa tried to hinder Him, and then the Lord, as Varāha, killed Hiraṇyākṣa.

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