āvṛtaṃ tatpadaṃ tena duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ ca naḥ / sa ca yakṣaḥ kuberasya śāpāsiṃhatvamāgataḥ // martyaiścābhibhavastasya śāpāntaḥ kathitaḥ purā / purapraveśopāyārthe vijñapto viṣṇur ādiśat //
It is a Yakṣa that was made a lion by the curse of Kuvera, and long ago it was predicted that the Yakṣa’s curse should end when he was conquered by some mortal; so Viṣṇu deigned to inform us on our humbly asking him how we might be enabled to enter our city.