There did take place a battle between him (Naraka) possessed of great strength and this Vishnu also endued with great strength. And he lay killed by Krishna like a Karnikara tree uprooted by a gale.
तत्रैव तेनास्य बभूव युद्धं महाबलेनातिबलस्य विष्णोः। तेनेवोन्मथितः कर्णिकारः॥