Hiranyakashipu, the heroic son of Diti and the enemy of the celestials adorned with garlands and looking like a mass of dark clouds, rushed on that Being half lion, half . man, with an uplifted mace in his inand.
शूलोद्यतकरः स्रग्वी हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा॥ मेघस्तनितनि?षो नीलाभ्रचयसंनिभः। देवारिदितिजो वीरो नृसिंहं समुपाद्रवत्॥