Baisakh Shukla Chaturdashi: Narasimha Jayanti being celebrated today

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१७ बैशाख २०८३, बिहीबार ०८:०१April 30, 2026

. According to the Vedic Sanatan Hindu religion, Narasimha Jayanti is celebrated today.

Narasimha Jayanti is celebrated on this day as Lord Vishnu incarnated on Vaishakh Shukla Chaturdashi to protect the devotees.TAG_OPEN_div_47 According to religious beliefs, Narasimha Avatar is the fourth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is mentioned in various Puranas that Lord Vishnu had to take the form of Narasimha to kill the demon king Hiranyakashipu and save the devotee Prahlad.

According to Hindu scriptures, two children, Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu, were born from the womb of Diti, the wife of Kashyap Rishi.TAG_OPEN_div_45 As they grew up, they both started creating ruckus everywhere. Hiranyaksha was killed by Lord Varaha, the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu. When Hiranyakashipu performed severe penance of Brahmaji, flames of fire used to come out of Hiranyakashipu’s body.

Seeing this, Brahmaji went to Hiranyakashipu’s place and ordered him to ask for a boon as per his wish.TAG_OPEN_div_43 Hearing this, Hiranyakashipu asked Brahma for the boon of immortality. Brahmaji ordered him to ask for another boon as it was the law of creation that he had to die after birth.

Hearing this, Hiranyakashipu asked for the boon of not dying from humans, Yakshas, Gandharvas, gods, gods, and weapons outside the house, inside the house, inside the house, in the darkness of the night, in the sun of the day, in the sky, in the netherworld, on the ground, from man (man), from Yakshas, from Gandharvas, from the gods, from the hands of anyone and from weapons, according to Pandit Balmukunda Devkota.TAG_OPEN_div_41 According to him, Brahmaji gave Hiranyakashipu the boon he asked for because his penance was severe. Hiranyakashipu became immortal after receiving the boon of Brahmaji.

This is the legend

According to the religious texts, Hiranyakashipu captured all the three worlds. He made the world in his own way. I made many efforts to convince everyone that I am the master of the entire universe and that there is no one greater than me. Devotee Prahlad was born in the house of Hiranyakashipu. Prahlad was the son of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, but he was interested in Hari Bhakti from an early age.

Seeing this, the demon king Hiranyakashipu tried to remind Prahlad that he was the lord of the world and that there was no greater Hari than him, but Prahlad gave him the opposite answer, calling him a frog in a well.TAG_OPEN_div_35 Hearing this, Hiranyakashipu got angry and sent Prahlad to the guru to teach him that he could not be killed because he was his son.

Prahlad left his studies there and went towards Hari Bhakti. The Guru tried to explain a lot, but Prahlad did not give up his devotion to Hari. He also engaged the other demon sons who were there in devotion to Hari. Seeing this, the Guru also gave up and sent him back to the demon king Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu again tried to convince Prahlad, but Prahlad told him that there was no greater knowledge than devotion to Hari.

Hiranyakashipu got angry and tied Prahlad’s hands and feet and left him in the path of the elephant, but the elephant could not see Prahlad and crush him. Hiranyakashipu tied Prahlad and forced him to be thrown into the sea, Prahlad was thrown into the ocean but Hari Kripa and Lord Vishnu himself came and saved Prahlad.

After giving knowledge to Prahlad, the Lord disappeared. After a few days, Hari attained enlightenment and returned home. Seeing Prahlad, Hiranyakashipu started reminding again. Prahlad reiterated that there is no one greater than Hari and that Hari is everywhere. Angry Hiranyakashipu, he said, “If your Hari is everywhere, then show Hari in front of me.” Prahlad meditated on Hari and invoked Vishnu. Within a few minutes, Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of Narasimha from the pillar. Seeing this, Hiranyakashipu cut the pillar with a sword. Lord Narasimha also got angry and came forward to kill Hiranyakashipu. Half of Lord Narasimha’s body was that of a lion and the other half of a man’s.

Narasimha was neither an animal nor a man. When Hiranyakashipu was killed. It was dusk. There was neither sun nor darkness at night. Then Lord Narasimha put Hiranyakashipu on his lap in the middle of the house and killed him with his nails. After killing all the promises of Brahmaji, the whole world started burning with the anger of Narasimha.

Gods and goddesses like Brahma, Shiva, Lakshmi and others came and prayed to pacify Narasimha’s anger. But the anger grew. Finally, when Prahlad prayed, Narasimha’s anger subsided. After giving knowledge to Prahlad, Narasimha disappeared. Prahlad also paid attention to Hari Bhakti and took up the royal lesson. Lord Vishnu incarnated Dattatreya to teach Prahlad knowledge. Dattatreya also taught Prahlad a lot of knowledge.