Padma Purana · Chapter 6.238

rudra uvāca-
bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ jñātvā hiraṇyakaśipustataḥ /
tapastepe mahādaityo meroḥ pārśve ca māṃ prati

divyavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo mahābalaḥ /
japanpaṃcākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ pūjayāmāsa māṃ śubhe

tataḥ prahṛṣṭamanasā tamavocaṃ mahāsuram /
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva daiteya yatte manasi varttate /
tataḥ provāca daiteyo māṃ prasannaṃ śubhānane

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-
devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ gaṃdharvoragarakṣasām /
paśupakṣimṛgāṇāṃ ca siddhānāṃ vai mahātmanām

yakṣavidyādharāṇāṃ ca kinnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca /
sarveṣāmeva rogāṇāmāyudhānāṃ tathaiva ca /
sarveṣāmṛṣimukhyānāmavadhyatvaṃ prayaccha me

rudra uvāca-
evamastviti tadrakṣastvabruvaṃ priyadarśane /
matto mahadvaraṃ prāpya sa daiteyo mahābalaḥ

jitvā maheṃdraṃ devāṃśca sa trailokyeśvaro'bhavat /
sarvāṃśca yajñabhāgāṃśca svayamevāgrahīdbalāt

trātāraṃ nādhigacchaṃti devatāstena nirjitāḥ /
tasyaiva kiṃkarāḥ sarve gaṃdharvā devadānavāḥ

yakṣāścanāgāḥ siddhāśca sādhyāśca vaśavartinaḥ /
uttānapādasya sutāṃ kalyāṇīṃ nāma kanyakām

upayeme vidhānena daityarājo mahābalaḥ /
tasyāṃ jāto mahātejāḥ prahlādo daityarāṭśubhe

anurakto hṛṣīkeśe garbhavāse'pi yo harau /
sarvāvasthāsu kṛtyeṣu manovākkāyakarmmabhiḥ

nānyaṃ jānāti deveśātprasannātmā sanātanāt /
sa kāle'pi vinītaḥ sangurugehe vasatsudhīḥ

adhītya sarvavedāṃśca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca /
kasyacittvatha kālasya guruṇā saha daityajaḥ

pituḥ samīpamāgatya vavaṃde vinayānvitaḥ /
taṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ tanayaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam /
aṃke nidhāya daityeṃdraḥ provācedaṃ suvismitam

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-
prahlāda cirakālaṃ tvaṃ gurugehe niveśitaḥ /
yaduktā guruṇā vidyā tanmamācakṣva suvrata

rudra uvāca-
iti pṛṣṭaḥ svapitrā vai prahlādo janmavaiṣṇavaḥ /
prāha daityeśvaraṃ prītyā vacanaṃ kaluṣāpaham

prahlāda uvāca-
yo vai sarvopaniṣadāmarthaḥ puruṣa īśvaraḥ /
taṃ vai sarvagataṃ viṣṇuṃ namaskṛtvā bravīmi te

rudra uvāca-/
iti viṣṇustutiṃ śrutvā daityarāḍ vismayānvitaḥ /
uvāca taṃ guruṃ roṣātkiṃ tvayoktaṃ mamātmaje

mamātmajasya durbuddhe harisaṃstavamīdṛśam /
kimarthamuktavānjāḍyamakāryyaṃ brāhmaṇocitam

aśrāvyaṃ madamitrasya stavametaṃ mamāgrataḥ /
bālenāpikṛtaṃtvetattvatprasādāddivajādhama

ityuktvā parito vīkṣya daityarāṭkrodhamūrcchitaḥ /
uvāca daityamekaṃ tu baṃdhayainaṃ dvijādhamam

itirājavacaḥ śrutvā sa babaṃdha bhṛgoḥ sutam /
badhyamānaṃ guruṃ dṛṣṭvā prahlādo brāhmaṇapriyaḥ /
uvāca pitaraṃ tāta idaṃ me noktavānguruḥ

kṛpayā devadevasya śikṣitosmi hareḥ prabho /
nānyo gururme bhavati sa eva prerako hariḥ

śrotā maṃtā tathā vaktā draṣṭā sarvaga īśvaraḥ /
harirevākṣayaḥ karttā niyaṃtā sarvadehinām /
tasmādanāgaso vipro moktavyo'yaṃ guruḥ prabho

rudra uvāca-
iti putravacaḥ śrutvā hiraṇyakaśipustataḥ /
taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ mocayitvā svasutaṃ prāha vismayāt

kiṃ vatsa tvaṃ bhramasyevaṃ mithyāvākyairdvijanmanaḥ /
ko viṣṇuḥ kiṃ tu tadrūpaṃ kutrāsau saṃsthito hariḥ

ahameveśvaro loke trailokyādhipatiryataḥ /
māmevārccaya goviṃdaṃ tyaja śatruṃ durāsadam

athavā śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ rudraṃ lokaguruṃ prabhum /
arccayasvāsurādhyakṣaṃ sarvaiśvaryyapradaṃ śivam

tripuṃḍradhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā bhasmanā daityapūjitam /
pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ pāśupatyoktamārgataḥ

rudra uvāca-
iti daityapatervākyaṃ śrutvā daityapurohitāḥ

purohitā ūcuḥ-
evameva mahābhāga kuruṣva vacanaṃ pituḥ /
tyaja śatruṃ kaiṭabhāriṃ pūjayasva trilocanam

rudrātparataro devo nāsti sarvaprado nṝṇām /
pitā tavāpi tasyaiva prasādādīśvaro'bhavat

rudra uvāca-
iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā prahlādo janmavaiṣṇavaṃ

prahlāda uvāca-
aho bhagavataḥ śreṣṭhā yanmāyā mohitaṃ jagat /
aho vedāṃtaviduṣaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitāḥ

brāhmaṇā api cāpalyādvadaṃtyevaṃ madānvitāḥ /
nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma tatvaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ param

nārāyaṇaḥ paro dhyātā dhyānaṃ nārayaṇaḥ param /
gatirviśvasya jagataḥ śāśvataṃ śivamacyutaḥ

dhātā vidhātā jagato vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
viśvamevedaṃ puruṣastadviśvamupajīvati

hiraṇmayavapurnityaḥpuṃḍarīkanibhekṣaṇaḥ /
śrībhūlīlāpatiḥ saumyonirmmalaḥ śubhavigrahaḥ

tenaiva sṛṣṭau brahmeśau sarge devottamau vibhū /
tasyaivājñāṃ puraskṛtya varttete brahmaśaṃkarau

bhīṣāsmādvāti pavano bhīṣodeti divākaraḥ /
bhīṣāsmādagniścaṃdro'tha mṛtyurdhāvati paṃcamaḥ

āsīdeko harirdivyo devo nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ /
brahmā neṃdro na ceśāno na ca caṃdra divākarau

na vā dyāvāpṛthivyau ca nakṣatrāṇi divaukasaḥ /
tasya viṣṇoḥ paraṃ dhāma sadā paśyaṃti sūrayaḥ

evaṃ sarvopaniṣadāmarthaṃ hitvā dvijottamāḥ /
rāgāllobhādbhayādvāpi kiṃ bravītha mamāgrataḥ

taṃ sarvarakṣakaṃ devaṃ tyaktvā sarveśvaraṃ harim /
kathaṃ pāṣaṃḍamāśritya pūjayāmi ca śaṃkaram

lakṣmīpatiṃ devadevamanaṃtaṃ puruṣottamam /
iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam

śrīvatsalakṣitoraskaṃ sarvvābharaṇabhūṣitam /
sadā kumāraṃ sarvveśaṃ nityānandasukhapradam

kṛṣṇaṃ dadhyurmahātmāno yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ /
yamarcayaṃti brahmeśa śakrādyā devatāgaṇāḥ

yasya patnyāḥ kaṭākṣārddhadṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭā divaukasaḥ /
brahmeṃdra rudra varuṇa yama soma dhanādhipāḥ

yannāmasmaraṇādeva pāpināmapi satvaram /
muktirbhavati jaṃtūnāṃ brahmādīnāṃ sudurlabhā

sa evaṃ rakṣakaḥ śrīśo devānāmapi sarvadā /
tameva pūjayiṣyāmi lakṣmyā saṃyutamacyutam

prāpsyāmi susukhenaiva tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam /
rudra uvāca-
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā hiraṇyakaśipustataḥ

krodhena mahatāviṣṭo jajvālāgnirivāparaḥ /
parito vīkṣya daiteyānityāha krodhamūrchitaḥ

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca -
bhīṣaṇaiḥ śastrasaṃghātaiḥ prahlādaṃ pāpakāriṇam /
mamājñayā ghātayadhvaṃ śatrupūjanatatparam

rakṣitā harireveti rakṣate tena vātsalāt /
adyaiva saphalaṃ tasya paśyeyaṃ harirakṣaṇam

rudra uvāca-
tadodyatāstrā daiteyā haṃtuṃ daityeśvarātmajam /
parivārya mahātmānaṃ tasthurdaityeśvarājñayā

prahlādo'pi tathā viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā hṛdayapaṃkaje /
japannaṣṭākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ tasthau giririvāparaḥ

taṃ jaghnuḥ parito vīrāḥ śūlatomaraśaktibhiḥ /
prahlādasya vapustatra harisaṃsmaraṇācchubhe

viṣṇoḥ prabhāvādduddharṣādvajrabhūtamabhūdbhṛśam /
tataḥ saṃprāpya tadgātraṃ mahāstrāṇi suradviṣām

nīlotpaladalānīva petuścichannāḥ kṣitau śubhe /
alpamapyasya tadgātraṃ bhettuṃ daityā na ca kṣamāḥ

vismitāvāṅmukhāstasthurdaitya rājāṃtike bhaṭāḥ /
tādṛgvidhaṃ mahātmānaṃ dṛṣṭvā putraṃ mahābalam

vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā daityarāṭkrodhamūrchitaḥ /
ādideśa tataḥ sarvāndaṃdaśūkānmahāviṣān

vāsukiprabhṛtīnbhīmānkhādayadhvamiti krudhā /
ādiṣṭāstena rājñātha te nāgāḥ sumahābalāḥ

jvalitāsyā mahābhīmāstaṃ ca khādurmahābalam /
garuḍadhvajabhaktaṃ taṃ vidaśya garalāyudhāḥ

nirviṣāścchinnadaśanā babhūvuranilāśanāḥ /
vainateyasahasreṇa chinnagātrāḥ suvihvalāḥ

pradudruvurdiśaḥ sarvāvamaṃto rudhiraṃ bhṛśam /
tādṛgvidhānmahāsarpāndṛṣṭvā daityapatistadā

ādideśa tataḥ kruddho diggajānsumadānvitān /
nirdiṣṭāstena rājñātha diggajāśca madoddhatāḥ

parivāryātha taṃ jaghnurdaṃtaiḥ pṛthutarairbhṛśam /
atha diggajadaṃtāśca chinnamūlāḥ patanbhuvi

daṃtairvinākṛtā nāgā bhayārtā vai pradudruvuḥ /
tāndṛṣṭvātha mahānāgāndaityeṃdraḥ kupito balī

prajvālya ca mahāvahniṃ cikṣepa sutamātmanaḥ /
jalaśāyipriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā prahlādaṃ havyavāhanaḥ

na dadāha ca taṃ dhīraṃ suśītaḥ samabhūcchikhī /
adahyamānaṃ taṃ bālaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā suvismitaḥ

prādāttasmai viṣaṃ ghoraṃ sarvabhūtahitaṃ tadā /
tasya viṣṇoḥ prabhāvācca viṣamasyāmṛtaṃ bhavet

arpaṇāttasya devasya viṣaṃ cāmṛtamaśnute /
evamādyairvadhopāyairghorarūpaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

mohayitvātmajaṃ rājā tasyāvadhyatvamīkṣya ca /
tataḥ sāmnā sutaṃ prāha daityarāḍvismayākulaḥ

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-
tvayā viṣṇoḥ paratvaṃ ca samyaguktaṃ mamāgrataḥ /
vyāpitvātsarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇurityabhidhīyate

yo'sau sarvagato devaḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ /
tasya sarvagatatvaṃ vai pratyakṣaṃ darśayasva me

aiśvaryaśaktitejāṃsi jñānavīryabalāni ca /
parasya tasya paramaṃ rūpaṃ guṇavibhūtayaḥ

samyagdṛṣṭvā prayatnena viṣṇuṃ manye divaukasām /
mama pratibalo loke nāsti deveṣu kaścana

īśānavaradānena sarvabhūteṣvavadhyatām /
prāptavānsarvabhūtānāṃnadurjayatvaṃ ca mānada /
īśvaratvaṃ labhedviṣṇurmāṃ jitvā balavīryataḥ

rudra uvāca-
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahlādaḥ prāha vismitaḥ /
hareḥ prabhāvaṃ dainyasya kathayāmāsa suvrataḥ

prahlāda uvāca-
yo'sau nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānparamātmā sanātanaḥ /
vasanātsarvabhūteṣu vāsudevaḥ sa ucyate

sarvasyāpi jagaddhātā viṣṇurityabhidhīyate /
na kiṃcidasmādanyaṃ tu jagatsthāvara jaṃgamam

sarvatra cidacidvastu rūpaṃ tasyaiva nānyathā /
tripādvyāptiḥ paraṃ vyomni pādavyāpti kalādbhutā

yo'sau cakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ /
yogibhirdṛśyate bhaktyā nābhaktyā dṛśyate kvacit

draṣṭuṃ na śakyo roṣācca matsarādvā janārdanaḥ /
devatiryaṅmanuṣyeṣu sthāvareṣvapi jaṃtuṣu /
vyāpya tiṣṭhati sarvveṣu kṣudreṣvapi mahatsu ca

rudra uvāca-
iti prahlādavacanaṃ śrutvā daityavarastadā /
uvāca roṣatāmrākṣo bhartsayaṃśca sutaṃ muhuḥ

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-
asau sarvagato viṣṇurapi cetparamaḥ pumān /
pratyayaṃ darśayasvādya bahubhiḥ kiṃ ca lāpitaiḥ

mahādeva uvāca-/
ityuktvā sahasā daityaḥ prāsādastaṃbhamātmanaḥ /
tāḍayāmāsa hastena prahlādamidamabravīt

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca-
asmindarśaya taṃ viṣṇuṃ yadi sarvagato bhavet /
anyathā tvāṃ vadhiṣyāmi mithyāvākyapralāpinam

rudra uvāca-
ityuktvā sahasā khaṅgamākṛṣya ditijeśvaraḥ /
prahlādorasi cikṣepa haṃtuṃ khaṅgena taṃ ruṣā

tasminkṣaṇe mahāśabdaḥ staṃbhe saṃśrūyate bhṛśam /
saṃvartāśanisaṃrāvaiḥ khamiva sphuṭitāṃtaram

tena śabdena mahatā daityaśrotravighātinā /
sarve nipātitā bhūmau chinnamūlā iva drumāḥ

bibhyaṃtaḥ saṃplutaṃ daityā menire vai jagattrayam /
tataḥ staṃbhe mahātejā niṣkrāṃto vai mahāhariḥ

cakāra sa mahāghoraṃ jagatkṣayanibhaṃ svanam /
tena nādena mahatā tārakāḥ patitā bhuvi

nṛsiṃhavapurāsthāya tatraivāvirabhūddhariḥ /
anekakoṭisūryyāgni tejasā sa samāvṛtaḥ

mukhe paṃcānanaprakhyaḥ śarīre mānuṣākṛtiḥ /
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaḥ sphurajjihvāmbaroddhataḥ

jvālāvalitakeśāṃtastaptālātekṣaṇo vibhuḥ /
sahasrabāhubhirdīrghaiḥ sarvāyudhasamanvitaiḥ

vṛto merurivābhāti bahuśākhānagānvitaḥ /
divyamālyāṃbaradharo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

tasthau nṛkesarīrūpaḥ saṃharttuṃ sarvadānavān /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ghorasaṃkāśaṃ narasiṃhaṃ mahābalam

dagdhākṣipakṣmo daityeṃdro vihvalāṃgaḥ papāta ha /
prahlādo'tha tadā dṛṣṭvā nārasiṃhopamaṃ harim

jayaśabdena deveśaṃ namaścakre janārdanam /
dadarśa tasya gātreṣu nṛsiṃhasya mahātmanaḥ १००

lokānsamudrā nsadvīpānsuragaṃdharvamānuṣān /
ajāṃḍānāṃ sahasraṃ tu saṭāgre tasya dṛśyate

dṛśyaṃte tasya netreṣu somasūryyādayastathā /
karṇayoraśvinau devau diśaśca vidiśastathā

lalāṭe brahmarudrau ca nabho vāyuśca nāsike /
iṃdrāgnī tasya vaktrāṃtejihvāyāṃ tu sarasvatī

daṃṣṭrāsu siṃhaśārdūlāḥ śarabhāśca mahoragāḥ /
kaṃṭhe ca dṛśyate meruḥ skaṃdheṣvapi mahādrayaḥ

devatiryyaṅmanuṣyāśca bāhuṣvapi mahātmanaḥ /
nābhau cāsyāṃtarikṣaṃ ca pādayoḥ pṛthivītathā

romasvoṣadhayaḥ sarvāḥ pādapā nakhapaṃktiṣu /
niḥśvāseṣu ca vedāśca sāṅgopāṅgasamanvitāḥ

ādityā vasavo rudrā viśvedevā marudgaṇāḥ /
sarvāṅgeṣu pradṛśyaṃte gaṃdharvāpsarasaśca ye

itthaṃ vibhūtayastasya dṛśyaṃte paramātmanaḥ /
śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam

śaṃkhacakragadākhaṅga śārṅgādyairhetibhiryutam /
sarvopaniṣadāmarthaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityeśvarātmajaḥ

harṣāśrujalasiktāṃgaḥ praṇanāma muhurmuhuḥ /
daityeṃdrastu hariṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhānmṛtyuvaśe sthitaḥ

yoddhuṃ khaṅgaṃ samudyamya nṛsiṃhaṃ tamabhidravat /
atha daityagaṇāḥ sarvve labdhasaṃjñā mahābalāḥ

svānyāyudhāni cādāya hariṃ jaghnustvarānvitāḥ /
palālakāṇḍāni yathā vahnau kṣiptānyanekaśaḥ

tathaiva bhasmatāṃ yāṃti mahāstrāṇi harestanau /
tānyanīkāni daityānāṃ dṛṣṭvā naraharistadā

saṭairdadāha ca jvālāmālāviracita sphuṭaiḥ /
nṛkesari saṭodbhūtavahninā dānavā bhṛśam

nirbhasmitā gaṇāḥ sarve niḥśeṣaṃ tadabhūdbalam /
prahlādaṃ sānugaṃ hitvā bhasmite vīkṣya tadbale

krodhāddaityapatiḥ khaṅgamākṛṣyābhiprapadyata /
khaṅgahastaṃ tu daityeṃdraṃ jagrāhaikena bāhunā

pātayāmāsa deveśo yathā śākhāṃ mahānilaḥ /
gṛhītvā patitaṃ bhūmau mahākāyaṃ nṛkesarī

svotsaṃge sthāpayāmāsa dadarśāsau mukhaṃ hareḥ /
viṣṇuniṃdākṛtaṃpāpaṃtathāvaiṣṇavadoṣajam

nṛsiṃhasparśanādevanirbhasmitamabhūttadā /
athadaityeśvarasyāthamahadgātraṃnṛkesarī

nakhervidārayāmāsatīkṣṇairvajranibhairghanaiḥ /
sanirmmalātmādaityeṃdra paḥśyansākṣānmukhaṃ hareḥ

nakhanirbhinnahṛdayaḥ kṛtārtho vijahāvasūn /
tadgātraṃ śatadhā bhittvā nakhaistīkṣṇairmahāhariḥ

ākṛṣyāṃtrāṇi dīrghāṇi kaṃṭhe saṃsaktavānpriyān /
atha devagaṇāḥ sarvve munayaśca tapodhanāḥ

brahmarudrau puraskṛtya śanaiḥ stotuṃ samāyayuḥ /
te prasādayituṃ bhītā jvalaṃtaṃ viśvatomukham

mātaraṃ jagatāṃ dhātrīṃ ciṃtayāmāsurīśvarīm /
hiraṇyavarṇāṃ hariṇīṃ sarvvopadravanāśinīm

viṣṇornityānavadyāṃgīṃ dhyātvā nārāyaṇīṃ śubhām /
devīsūktajapairbhaktyā namaścakruḥ sanātanīm

taiściṃtyamānā sā devī tatraivāvirabhūttadā /
caturbhujā viśālākṣī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

dukūlavastrasahitāṃ divyamālānulepanām /
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devadevasya priyāṃ sarve divaukasaḥ

ūcuḥ prāṃjalayo devīṃ prasannaṃ kurute priyam /
trailokyasyābhayaṃ svāmī yathā dadyāttathā kuru

rudra uvāca-
ityuktā sahasā devī priyaṃ prāpya janārdanam /
praṇipatya namaskṛtya prasīdeti uvāca tam

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahiṣīṃ svasya priyāṃ sarvveśvaro hariḥ /
rakṣaḥśarīrajaṃ krodhaṃ tatyāja prītavatkṣaṇāt

aṃkamādāya tāṃ devīṃ samāśliṣya dayānidhiḥ /
kṛpāsudhārdradṛṣṭyā vai niraikṣata surānhariḥ

tato jayajayetyuccaiḥ stuvatāṃ namatāṃ tadā /
taddayādṛṣṭidṛṣṭānāṃ sānaṃdaḥ saṃbhramo'bhavat

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ /
ūcuḥ prāṃjalayo devaṃ namaskṛtya jagatpatim

devagaṇā ūcuḥ -
draṣṭumatyadbhutaṃ tejo na śaktāste jagatpate /
atyadbhutamidaṃ rūpaṃ bahubāhupadāṃkitam

jagattrayasamākrāṃtaṃ tejastīkṣṇataraṃ tava /
draṣṭuṃ sthātuṃ na śaktāḥ smaḥ sarvva eva divaukasaḥ

mahādeva uvāca-/
ityarthitastu vibudhaistejastadatibhīṣaṇam /
upasaṃhṛtya deveśo babhūva sukhadarśanaḥ

śaratkoṭīṃdusaṃkāśaḥ puṃḍarīkanibhekṣaṇaḥ /
sudhāmaya saṭāpuṃja vidyutkoṭinibhaḥ śubhaḥ

nānāratnamayairdivyaiḥ keyūraiḥ kaṭakānvitaiḥ /
bāhubhiḥ kalpavṛkṣasya śākhaughairiva satphalaiḥ

caturbhiḥ komalairdivyairanvitaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
japākusumasaṃkāśaiḥ śobhitaḥ karapaṃkajaiḥ

śaṃkhacakragṛhītābhyāmudbāhubhyāṃ virājitaḥ /
varadābhayahastābhyāmitarābhyāṃ nṛkesarī

śrīvatsakaustubhorasko vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ /
udyaddinakārābhyāṃ ca kuṇḍalābhyāṃ virājitaḥ

hārakeyūrakaṭakairbhūṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ /
savyāṃgastha śriyāyukto rājate narakesarī

lakṣmīnṛsiṃhaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ samaharṣayaḥ /
ānandāśrujalaiḥ siktā harṣanirbharacetasaḥ

ānaṃdasiṃdhumagnāste namaścakrurniraṃtaram /
arcayāmāsurātmeśaṃ divyapuṣpasamarpaṇaiḥ

ratnakuṃbhaiḥ sudhāpūrṇairabhiṣicya sanātanam /
vastrairābharaṇairgaṃdhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpairmmanoramaiḥ

divyairniveditairdīpairarccayitvā nṛkesarim /
tuṣṭuvuḥ stavanairdivyairnamaścakrurmmuhurmmahuḥ

tataḥ prasanno lakṣmīśasteṣāmiṣṭānvarāndadau /
tato devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvveśo bhaktavatsalaḥ

prahlādaṃ sarvadaityānāṃ cakre rājānamavyayam /
āśvāsya bhaktaṃ prahlādamabhiṣicya surottamaiḥ

dadau tasmai varāniṣṭānbhaktiṃ cāvyabhicāriṇīm /
tato devagaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ stūyamāno nṛkesarī

vikīrṇapuṣpavapubhistatraivāṃtaradhīyata /
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ prapedire

punaśca yajñabhāgānsvānbubhujuḥ prītamānasāḥ /
tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā nirātaṃkābhavaṃstadā

tasminhate mahādaitye sarva eva praharṣitāḥ /
prahlādastu tadā cakre rājyaṃ dharmeṇa vaiṣṇavaḥ

hareḥ prasādāllabdhaṃ tu rājyaṃ vaiṣṇavasattamaḥ /
bahubhiryajñadānādyairarcayitvā nṛkesarim

kāle haripadaṃ prāpa yogigamyaṃ sanātanam /
etatprahlādacaritaṃ ye tu śṛṇvaṃti nityaśaḥ

te sarvepāpanirmuktā yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim /
etatte kathitaṃ devi nṛsiṃhaṃ vaibhavaṃ hareḥ /
śeṣāṃ ca vaibhavāvasthāṃ śṛṇu devi yathākramam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ sahiṃtāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde nṛsiṃhaprādurbhāvonāmāṣṭatriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ