![]() Grant me that my death not be brought about by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal. Grant me that I not die within any residence or outside any residence, during the daytime or at night, nor on the ground or in the sky. O my lord, O best of the givers of benediction, if you will kindly grant me the benediction I desire, please let me not meet death from any of the living entities created by you. Though disappointed, the wily demon tries to get immortality indirectly by seeking the benediction that his death happen only in certain conditions, conditions that he believes will be impossible to be met. Brahma replies that he himself is not immortal, so he can’t grant immortality to anyone else. He undertook many years of austere penance to take revenge on Viṣṇu: Brahma thus offers the demon a boon and Hiraṇyakaśipu asks for immortality. The younger brother of Hirṇayakṣa, Hiraṇyakaśipu, wanted revenge on Viṣṇu and his followers. ![]() Jwala narasimhar Azhar Kovil Madurai Tamil naduīhagavata Purāṇa describes that Viṣṇu, in his previous avatar as Varāha, killed the asura Hiraṇayakṣa.
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