what is the story of Lord Nrsimhadeva?

Answer 1

Narasinha, or Nrisinha `The man-lion.'

These four incarnations are supposed to have appeared in the Satyayuga, or first age of the world

Many ages ago, there was a great demon named Hiranyakasipu, who terrorized the three worlds. He performed great austerities and got a boon from Lord Brahma. This boon was that he could not be killed by man or beast, at night or day, not on the ground or in the air, not inside or outside his palace, and not killed by any weapons. Hiranyakasipu thought himself very clever for asking this boon, thinking he could never be killed, but Lord Vishnu proved to be more intelligent in the end.

In order to protect his devotee, Prahlad(son of Hiranyakasipu), Lord Vishnu appeared from a stone pillar. Hiranyakasipu was an atheist and he challenged Prahlad, "that if God was everywhere, then why was he not in this stone pillar?" Prahlad said, "yes, that he was in the pillar." Hiranyakasipu then became very angry and said that he would kill him and he struck the pillar with his sword.

That moment, from within the pillar came a fearful sound, a great rumbling roar, which seemed to crack the covering of the universe, and the devas feared that all planets were coming to destruction. The pillar cracked and burst asunder and a wonderful amazing creature appeared. Lord Nrsimhadeva emerged from the crack and appeared in a wonderful form, that of half a lion and half that of a man.

He was splendid like thousands of rising suns, his eyes filled with anger, his roar like the ocean's roaring at the time of the world's end. His face blazed like the fires at the end of a kalpa.

As he roared, his sharp teeth glistened like stars in the sky at sunset. His roar sounded like a thousand thunderbolts from slow moving clouds and his loud shrill laughter shook the universe.

The Lord was extremely fearsome because of his restless eyes, which were like two blazing fires. His mane expanded the dimensions of his fearful face and His razor sharp tongue moved about like a dueling sword. His ears were erect and his nostrils and gaping mouth appeared like the caves of a mountain. His jaws parted fearfully and his body touched the sky.

His broad and frightening arms, hands, and fingers moved like the sun and the wind as his footsteps made the earth tremble. His splendor filled all directions with effulgent light so much that the demon Hiranyakasipu became invisible in the glaring light, just as a small insect disappears into a fire.

Hiranyakasipu rushed toward the Lord with his sword, with such arrogance that he thought that he could kill God. Lord Nrsimha fought with the demon for awhile and finally at the right time, when the sun was setting in the horizon, the Lord put the demon on his lap at the doorway of the palace, and ripped him apart with his nails. In this way, Lord Brahma's boon was kept intact, for the demon was killed not by a weapon, but nails, not by man or beast, but a half-man-half-beast, not day or night, but at dusk, not on the ground or in the air, but on his lap, not inside nor outside, but in the doorway. In this way, the Lord outsmarted the demon Hiranyakasipu.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Shri Somnath g has kindly narrated the full story of Lord Nrsimhadeva in most precise way,hence I will not repeat it.