No other than the god Nārāyaṇa, holding the conch, the discus and the mace, could slay those Råkşasa-foes to the celestials and thorns in the side of the deties.
न चान्यो राक्षसान्हन्ता सुरारीन्देवकण्टकान्। ऋते नारायणं देवं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्॥