Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2397

c8.2397

Once again Hiraṇyakaśipu entered into a discussion on god with his son and dissatisfied with his continued devotion to Viṣṇu decided again to kill his son. He was thrown into the ocean bound hand and foot. With every movement of Prahlāda the ocean became turbulent and water rose on all sides. There was a deluge on earth. Hiraṇyakaśipu called the daityas to his side and said: “Oh daityas, bring all the mountains on earth and create a barrier round the ocean so that my wicked son cannot get outside the ocean. Fire does not kill this boy; he is not wounded by any of the weapons; wind, poison, devils, falls from heights and even the diggajas could not kill him. So let him remain in water for thousands of years and then he will die.”