Narada said This excellent and spacious city is known by the name of Hiranyapura. It is the city of the Daityas and the Danavas, who practice a hundred different illusions,
नारद उवाच हिरण्यपुरमित्येतत् ख्यात् पुरवरं महत्। दैत्यानां दानवानां च मायाशतविचारिणाम्॥