Jaya-Vijaya Series - Story 03: Vijaya As Hiranyaksha

In this story, we will see how Vijaya takes his first mortal birth as Hiranyakasha and how Varaha, the Vishnu avatar eventually kills him.

Vijaya as Hiranyaksha

Vijaya took his first birth as Hiranyaksha, an asura and the brother of Hiranyakashyipu.

Hiranyaksha was an ardent devotee of Brahma, and did some intense penance to please him.

On seeing his sincerity in performing the penance, Brahma was quite pleased and appeared before him. He also asked him for any wish that he wanted to be fulfilled.

Hiranyaksha asked for a boon that would make him extremely powerful, which Brahma granted.

Thereafter, drunk with power, Hiranyaksha began harassing the devas. In a power struggle with the devas, he also plunged the earth deep in to the cosmic ocean!

As only Vishnu could match his power, he took the avatara of Varaha (boar).

Using his tusks, Varaha dived deep into the ocean and brought the earth back to its original place. A fierce battle then ensued between him and Hiranyaksha, which ended with Hiranyaksha's death.

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