Ghaṭodaraḥ, Mahāpārśvaḥ, Krathanaḥ, Piṭharaḥ, Viśvarūpaḥ, Surūpaḥ, Svabalaḥ, Mahābalaśca; Daśagrīvaḥ, Vālī, mahāsuro Meghavāsā, Ghaṭāsyaḥ, Akampanaḥ, Prajanaḥ, Indratāpanaśca—ete sarve dāityadānavagaṇāḥ, dīptakuṇḍalābharaṇavibhūṣitāḥ, puṣpamaālābhir alaṅkṛtāḥ, vākpaṭavaḥ, satatam vrataniṣṭhāśca, hiraṇyakaśipum īśvaraṃ paryupāsate. Te sarve vīrāḥ, vara-prāptāḥ, mṛtyum atikramya tiṣṭhanti, hiraṇyakaśipum adhipatim anekaśaḥ parisevante. Te sarve divyābharaṇadharāḥ, vividharūpaiḥ dīptimadbhiḥ vimānaiḥ samāgatya, mahātmānam taṃ bhagavantam arcayanti, tejasāgnisamaprabhāḥ. Mahendrasaṃnibhāḥ, adbhutakeyūrālaṅkṛtāḥ, ditisutāḥ, śobhāyuktāḥ, sarvathā taṃ pūjayanti. Tatra divyasabhāyām, asurāḥ parvatasaṃnibhāḥ, hemamayasamudayāḥ, sūryasaṃkāśatejasaḥ, dīpyamānāḥ tiṣṭhanti. Hiraṇyakaśipoḥ mahimā, daityasiṃhasya, na kadācid asmābhiḥ śrutaḥ, na dṛṣṭaśca; tādṛśī tasya mahātmanaḥ prabhāvaśobhā. Hemarajatamaṇimayaiḥ sopānaiḥ, ratnaviśiṣṭaiḥ panthānaḥ, ratnapaṭṭikābhir vibhūṣitaiḥ jālakaśobhitaiḥ, sa paśupatiḥ sabhām apaśyat. Ditiputram, śuddhahemapūṣitamaālābharaṇam, sūryasaṃkāśaṃ, śatasaṃkhyaiḥ daityagaṇaiḥ parisevitam, sa dadarśa. Tato mahātmānam āgatam, kālacakrapratimam, siṃharūpaṃ guhitaṃ, bhasmanā channāgnivat, dṛṣṭvā—prahlādaḥ hiraṇyakaśipusutaḥ, divyacakṣuṣmān, balavān, tam āgatam siṃharūpaṃ devaṃ dadarśa. Tadrūpam adbhutam, hemagirisadṛśam, sarve dānavāḥ saha hiraṇyakaśipuṇā vismitā abhavan. Tataḥ prāha—"na kadācid asmābhiḥ śrutaṃ na dṛṣṭam etad siṃharūpam, kim etad divyarūpam avyaktād utthitam, bhayānakam, dānavānāṃ vināśakṣamam? Mano me bhrāmayati." "Asmin rūpe devāḥ, samudrāḥ, saritaḥ sarvāḥ, himālayaḥ, pariyātraśca, anye ca pitṛparvatāḥ santi. Candraḥ satarāḥ, sūryaḥ sāvāsavaḥ, kuberaḥ, varuṇaḥ, yamaḥ, indraḥ, śacīpatiśca atra dṛśyante. Marutaḥ, divyagandharvāḥ, tapasvinaḥ ṛṣayaḥ, nāgāḥ, yakṣāḥ, piśācāḥ, bhīṣaṇavīryāḥ rākṣasāśca asmin santi. Brahmā devaḥ, paśupatiśca lalāṭe carataḥ, sarve ca sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ atra santi. Tvam, vayam, sarve ca dānavagaṇāḥ, śatasaṅghaiḥ vimānaiḥ parivṛtāḥ, sabhā ca tava atraiva dṛśyate. Trīṇi lokāni, dharmāśca nityāḥ, asmin narasiṃhe dṛśyante, jagat sarvam atraiva. Prajāpatiḥ, mahātmā manuḥ, grahāḥ, yogasiddhayaḥ, vṛkṣāḥ, pralayaḥ, dhṛtiḥ, buddhiḥ, sukham, satyam, tapaḥ, damaśca atra santi. Sanatkumāraḥ, devāḥ, ṛṣayaḥ, krodhaḥ, kāmaḥ, harṣaḥ, dharmaḥ, mohaḥ, sarve pitaraśca atra santi." Ityevaṃ prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā hiraṇyakaśipuḥ prabhur dānavānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tathā teṣāṃ pradhānānām āha—"etad adbhutarūpaṃ siṃhaṃ gṛhyatām; yadi saṃśayaḥ syāt, hanīyatām, vane carati." Tataḥ sarve dānavagaṇāḥ harṣitāḥ, taṃ bhīṣaṇavīryaṃ siṃhaṃ parivārya, balena bibhetsayitum aicchan. Tadā narasiṃhaḥ, mahābalavān, siṃhanādaṃ muktvā, tām divyāṃ sabhāṃ bhindann iva, vyāttānanatvāt yamasadṛśaḥ, sarvān pramathya vyatiṣṭhat. Sabhāyāṃ vinaśyamānāyām, hiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam krodhasaṃrambhena vīkṣya, siṃhe śastrāṇi prahiṇot. Sa tataḥ sarvāṇi astrāṇi prāyuṅkta, tatrāgryaṃ daṇḍamantram, kālacakram, viṣṇucakraṃ ca uttamam. Bhīṣaṇam pitāmahasya astraṃ, tribhuvanadāham mahāgnim, adbhutavajram, śuṣkaṃ ca ardraṃ ca, sa prayojayāmāsa. Trīśūlaṃ bhīṣaṇam, asthiyuddham, gadāṃ, mohanam, śoṣaṇam, dāhanam, śokāstram ca prayujya. Vātāstram, mathanam, kapālastaram, sevakāstram, śaktim apratihatāṃ, krauñcāstram ca samam ādadhe. Brahmaśiras, somāstra, śiśirāstra, kampana, śatanāstra, tvaṣṭra, subhairavāstra ca prayujya. Kālamudgaraṃ, akṣobhyam, tapanam, samvartanam, mohanam, māyādharaṃ ca uttamam prayojayāmāsa. Gandharvāstraṃ, priyam asiratnam, nandakam, prasvapanam, pramathanam, varuṇāstraṃ, paśupatāstraṃ ca, yasya gatir anivāraṇīyā. Hayāśirasāstraṃ, brahmāstraṃ, nārāyaṇāstraṃ, indrāstraṃ, adbhutam sarpāstraṃ ca prayujya. Aprajayaṃ paiśācham, śoṣaṇam, śamanam, bhavanam, prasthāpanam, vikampanam ca prayujya. Ete sarve divyāstrāṇi tasmin samaye hiraṇyakaśipuḥ narasiṃhe prāyuṅkta, dīptāni haviriva śuklapāvakāgnau. Tair dīptāstragaṇaiḥ, asuravaraḥ taṃ siṃhaṃ samantāt āvṛṇot, yathā sūryaḥ himavantaṃ dīptaraśmibhiḥ grīṣme samāvṛṇoti. Tato dāityasainyasya sāgaraḥ, krodhavāyunā saṃkṣobhitaḥ, kṣaṇamātreṇa samutthāya, yathā sāgaraḥ mainākaṃ parvataṃ plāvayet, tathā samantāt siṃhaṃ praplavitavān.