Hiranyaksha In Hinduism , Hiranyaksha was an Asura of the Daitya race , and a King of Dravida who was killed by Lord Vishnu after he ( Hiranyaksha ) took the Earth to the bottom of the ocean . His name in Sanskrit literally means `` Goldeneye '' . Vishnu assumed the form of a white boar ( Sri Varaha ) and dived into the water to lift the Earth , in the process slaying Hiranyaksha who was obstructing Him . The battle lasted one thousand years . He had an older brother named Hiranyakashipu who , after having undertaken penances which made him incredibly powerful and invincible unless several conditions were met , was later slain by Lord Narasimha , another avatar of Vishnu . Reference Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend ( ISBN 0-500-51088-1 ) by Anna Dhallapiccola Hinduism | Hindu mythology | Itihasa Female Deities : Gayatri | Saraswati | Lakshmi | Dakshayani | Parvati | Durga | Shakti | Kali | Sita | Devi | Radha | Mahavidya | more ... Male Deities : Vishnu | Shiva | Rama | Krishna | Ganesha | Kartikeya | Hanuman | Lakshmana | Indra | Surya | more ... Texts : Vedas | Upanishads | Puranas | Ramayana | Mahabharata This box :   view • talk • edit  This Hindu mythology-related article is a stub . See the WikiProject Hindu mythology for article coordination . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Asura | Hindu mythology stubs In other languages : 日本語 | Português 