Death of Hiranyakashipu , king of demons

Hiranyakashipu was the king of demons or asuras . He was the hater of God Vishnu so much that he was calling himself as almighty and ordered people to follow the same .


He was torturing people who were worshipping God Vishnu . He wanted to conquer the heaven . He wanted to kill God Vishnu .


To achieve all these , he must have some extra powers than the others . That's why he started to pray God Brahma . When Brahma was in front of him and asked him to get the boons , he wanted to be immortal .


But God Brahma refused to give that boon , Hiranyakashipu changed the verse and asked the following boons .


1. He must not get killed neither in night nor in day .
2. He must not get killed neither inside the house nor in the outside .
3. He must not get killed neither on sky nor on earth .
4. He must not get killed neither be a God nor an angel nor an animal or human .
5. He must not get killed neither by a weapon nor with an arrow .


These were the boons he got and because of this  , he became invincible and continued to do evil works and torturing people .


It became necessary to kill him . But what about the boons he got ? That's why God Vishnu took Narasimha avatar and managed to kill him .


Here's how -----

1. God Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu when it is dawn which is neither a day nor night .

2. God Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu sitting on the threshold of house which is neither inside nor outside the house .

3. God Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu on his lap which is neither the sky nor the ground .

4. God Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu in the form of Narasimha which is half lion and half human . That is Narasimha .

5. God Vishnu killed Hiranyakashipu using his nails which is neither a weapon nor an arrow .