Narsinha is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Long ago there lived a demon king whose name was Hiranyakashyap. He had a loving son whose name was Prahlad. When Prahlad became grown up, his father sent him to the Gurukul to learn various arts.
Prahlad was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. So, when the teacher started teaching him the various subjects, Prahlad was not much interested in learning the profane knowledge. Instead of that he preferred to chant the holy name of God. When this news reached to his father, he became extremely furious. First he tried very patiently to convince Prahlad that being a demon he should not worship Vishnu but all his efforts had gone in vein. Then Hirnakashyap asked his ministers to give him a strict lesson. |