Kansa informed by Nārada of the existence of Krishna and Balarāma; he sends Kesin to destroy them and Akrura to bring them to Mathura - Verse 4
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 15.4
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Sanskrit Original
दैत्येश्वरस्य तु वधायाखिललोकोत्पत्तिस्थितिविनाशकारिणापूर्वं तनुग्रहणं कुर्वता नृसिंहरूपम आविष्कृतम। तत्र तु हिरण्यकशिपोर विष्णुर अयम इत्य एतन न मनस्य अभूत।।
daityeśvarasya tu vadhāyākhilalokotpattisthitivināśakāriṇāpūrvaṃ tanugrahaṇaṃ kurvatā nṛsiṃharūpam āviṣkṛtam| tatra tu hiraṇyakaśipor viṣṇur ayam ity etan na manasy abhūt||
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To kill the demon king and to cause the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the entire universe, He assumed the form of Narasimha. But it was not in the mind of Hiranyakashipu that Vishnu would take this form.