Skandapurana 7.8.p2

7.8.p2

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