Skandapurana 7.8.p2

7.8.p2

sanatkumāra uvāca
śāsatastasya daityasya hiraṇyakaśipostadā .
agāt1 kālo mahān vyāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ..1 ..
darpeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ2 śrīmadodvṛttacetanaḥ3 .
avamene surānsarvān na ca dharmamavaikṣata4 ..2. .
sa devān sahitān sarvāñchakrādyān krodhamūrcchitaḥ .
cālitānapi5 rājye sve kṛcchramāpādayad bhṛśam ..3 . .
santāpyamānāste sarve brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ .
bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa pitāmaha mahādyute ..4. .
hiraṇyakaśipurdaityastvatto labdhavaronagha .
trailokyaṃ kṛtsnamākramya rājyaṃ no hṛtavāndivaḥ7 . .5 ..
aniśaṃ cāvamānannaḥ8 prayuṃkte vairayātanam .
tena vidrāvitāssarve śaraṇaṃ vayamāgatāḥ ..6. .
prasādaṃ kuru deveśa sa na syānno yathā ripuḥ .
tyaktadharmā jagacchatrurhiraṇyakaśipurbalī . .7..
evaṃ proktastadā devairdevaḥ kamalavāhanaḥ .
provācedaṃ mahāprajña devānāṃ priyakṛdvacaḥ ..8. .

Sanatkumāra said:
While that Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was ruling then,
a great length of time passed, O Vyāsa, over the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings. / 1
Possessed by immense arrogance, his mind deranged by pride in his prosperity,
he disdained all the gods and did not observe dharma. / 2
Infuriated with anger, he brought severe affliction
upon all the gods together, Śakra and the others, though banished from their own realm. / 3
Being tormented, they all went to Brahmā for refuge:
"O Lord, master of what was and is to be, grandfather, of great splendour! / 4
O sinless one, the Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu, having obtained a boon from you,
has overrun all three worlds and seized our heavenly kingdom. / 5
And he constantly heaps humiliation upon us, inflicting the torment of enmity.
Routed by him, we have all come to you for refuge. / 6
Grant your grace, O lord of the gods, so that he may no longer be our enemy—
the powerful Hiraṇyakaśipu, who has abandoned dharma and become the foe of the world." / 7
Thus addressed then by the gods, the god whose vehicle is the lotus,
endowed with great wisdom, spoke this word bringing joy to the gods: / 8