Shiva Purana

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अवतारस्य विष्णोर्हि प्रजापालनहे तवे ॥ धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय दुष्टानां दंडहेतवे ॥ २०॥

He was indeed an incarnation of Viṣṇu, for protecting the subjects, for the maintenance of virtue and for punishing the wicked.

english translation

avatArasya viSNorhi prajApAlanahe tave ॥ dharmasaMrakSaNArthAya duSTAnAM daMDahetave ॥ 20॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript