Ambarya

Ambarya

Ambarya was a daitya who lived by the Gautamī. He was the enemy of the king of Daṇḍaka, a warrior the devas could not conquer, with a vast army. Bhagavān Narasiṃha killed him on the northern bank of the river, at the place known as Narasiṃhatīrtha. Brahmā tells this to Nārada in the Gautamī Māhātmya of the Brahma Purāṇa.

Narasiṃha comes to the Gautamī

Hiraṇyakaśipu, the strongest of the daityas, hated his own son, a bhakta of Hari. Bhagavān Hari came out of the pillar in the hall and killed him. Then, as Narasiṃha, he routed the daitya army and killed the great daityas one after another, in the nether world, in svarga, on the mountains, in rivers, villages and forests, in the sky and in the world of the luminaries. After killing many daityas, Hari went to the Gautamī Gaṅgā, born of his own lotus feet.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 79

The fight with Ambarya

Ambarya lived there. A terrible fight broke out between Hari and “the son of the Daitya”, so fierce that it made the hair stand on end. They showered weapons and divine astras on each other. The glorious Bhagavān Hari killed that enemy on the northern bank.

The place became Narasiṃhatīrtha, famous in the three worlds. A bath and dāna there remove the harm of all evil planets. It gives protection on every side and keeps off old age and death. One who bathes there and offers pūjā to Narasiṃha finds nothing hard to reach in svarga, in the mortal world or in the nether worlds.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 79

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 79