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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 8]
activities of the Lord's servants. Therefore, what to speak of the activities of the Lord? Who can understand how Kṛṣṇa is benefiting the entire world? The Lord is addressed as  duranta-śakti  because no one can understand His potencies and how He acts.
TEXT 41
श्रीरुद्र उवाच
कोपकालो युयान्तस्ते हतोऽयमसुरोऽल्पकः ।
तत्सुतं पाद्युपसृतं भक्तं ते भक्तवत्सल ॥४१॥
śrī-rudra uvāca
kopa-kālo yugāntas te
hato 'yam asuro 'lpakaḥ
tat-sutaṁ pāhy upasṛtaṁ
bhaktaṁ te bhakta-vatsala
śrī-rudraḥ uvāca—Lord Śiva offered his prayer;  kopa-kālaḥ —the right time for Your anger (for the purpose of annihilating the universe);  yuga-antaḥ —the end of the millennium;  te —by You;  hataḥ —killed;  ayam —this;  asuraḥ —great demon;  alpakaḥ —very insignificant;  tat-sutam —his son (Prahlāda Mahārāja);  pāhi —just protect;  upasṛtam —who is surrendered and standing nearby;  bhaktam —devotee;  te —of Your Lordship;  bhakta-vatsala —O my Lord, who are so affectionate to Your devotee.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva said: The end of the millennium is the time for Your anger. Now that this insignificant demon Hiraṇyakaśipu has been killed, O my Lord, who are naturally affectionate to Your devotee, kindly protect his son Prahlāda Mahārāja, who is standing nearby as Your fully surrendered devotee.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the creator of the material world. There are three processes in creation—namely creation, maintenance and finally annihilation. During the period of annihilation, at the