He asked his death would not be caused either by man or beast, nor devil, nor god, either by day or by night with steel or stone or wood, indoors or outdoors, or earth or in sky. The demon asked Lord Brahma for immortality as a reward for his years of penance.
His strength of penance made Lord Brahma to appear before Hiranyakashipu. As he wanted to become the master of all the three worlds - Heaven, Earth and Pathala, he went to Mount Mandarachala and started doing penance which continued for years.
The twin brother of Hiranyaksha was Hiranyakashipu who wanted to take revenge on Mahavishnu. This image of Lord Vishnu is worshiped in deity form by various number of Vaishnava groups, all over India.Īccording to legends, Lord Vishnu incarnated as Nrusimha to slay the demon Hiranyakashipu (the brother of Hiranyaksha who was killed by the Varaha Avatar of Lord Vishnu. The story of Narasimha Avatar is related to Lord Vishnu’s incarnation as the boar or Varaha. One of the most popular deities of Hindus, Lord Narasimha is depicted in early epics, Puranas, Upanishads and other ancient religious texts of Hinduism. In Narasimha avatar, Lord Vishnu is portrayed as a half-man half-lion, with a human-like torso and lower body, and a lion-like face and claws. Narasimha is also spelt as Nrusimha, Narasingh and Narasingha. Narasimha avatar of Lord Vishnu is the 4th incarnation among the 10 Dashavatars.
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