Hiraṇyāksha
Hiraṇyāksha
Hiraṇyāksha is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Hiraṇyāksha: the daitya son of Kaśyapa and Diti who sank the earth in the ocean and was slain by Bhagavān Vishṇu as Varāha. Vāyu Purāṇa, Uttarārdha, Chapter 6; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 3, Chapters 13–14, 17–20; Skandha 5, Chapter 18; Skandha 6, Chapters 6, 18; Skandha 7, Chapters 1–2, 4–5, 10; Skandha 8, Chapter 19; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Skandha 11, Chapter 4; Skandha 12, Chapters 3, 12; Harivaṃśa, Bhavishya Parva, Chapters 38–39; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 8–10, 37, 40, 44, 47; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 27; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 4, 19, 276; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 17; Uttara Parva, Chapter 2; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 3, 60; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 33
- Hiraṇyāksha (of Viśvāmitra’s Line): a ṛshi of the Kauśika line, the first named among those born of Śālāvatī in the family of Viśvāmitra. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10
Places
- Hiraṇyāksha Tīrtha: a holy tīrtha named in the Brahma Purāṇa’s list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25