Verse 17

अविष्णुनापि तेनेह हिरण्याक्षादयोऽसुराः ।पातिताः कल्पवातेन मेरुकल्पद्रुमा इव

In plain words

By him -- though he is not Viṣṇu -- the asuras beginning with Hiraṇyākṣa were felled here, as the kalpa-trees of Meru are felled by the wind of dissolution.