Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17

Sanskrit:

श्रीब्रह्मोवाचउत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते तप:सिद्धोऽसि काश्यप ।वरदोऽहमनुप्राप्तो व्रियतामीप्सितो वर: ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-brahmovācauttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṁ tetapaḥ-siddho ’si kāśyapavarado ’ham anuprāptovriyatām īpsito varaḥ

Translation:

Lord Brahmā said: O son of Kaśyapa Muni, please get up, please get up. All good fortune unto you. You are now perfect in the performance of your austerities, and therefore I may give you a benediction. You may now ask from me whatever you desire, and I shall try to fulfill your wish.

Purport:

Śrīla Madhvācārya quotes from the Skanda Purāṇa, which says that Hiraṇyakaśipu, having become a devotee of Lord Brahmā, who is known as Hiraṇyagarbha, and having undergone a severe austerity to please him, is also known as Hiraṇyaka. Rākṣasas and demons worship various demigods, such as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, just to take the post of these demigods. This we have already explained in previous verses.