Adi Shankara composed a very inspiring sloka called Lakshmi Nrisimha Karavalambam in which he describes this aspect of the Lord’s avatar and continues to explain the meaning and benefits obtained for the adorers of Lord Lakshmi Nrisimha. Therefore, the combined form of the Lord Narasimha Swami with Sri Devi sitting on his lap became known as Lakshmi Nrisimha. So she sat on his lap and held him to get him to the Shanti (peaceful) mode. Shri Mahalakshmi then appeared to calm the Lord. The mode of anger continued even after the destruction of the evil Asura king Hiranyakashipu. This Avatar of Maha Vishnu indicates that, although Hiranyakashipu is an Asura, he is blessed by the Lord since the Lord appears before him and also cradles him on his laps, consumes him and brings him to Himself, when Lord Nrisimha appeared, he was in an extremely angry form known as Ugra Narasimha or Jwala Nrisimha. Therefore, by appearing as a lion-man, Lord Narasimha could kill King Asura without violating the blessing. The Lord appeared with human body and lion head to kill Asura King Hiranyakashipu, the latter having obtained a blessing insisting that neither the beast nor the humans could kill him. Lord Narasimha is an Avatar and one of the Dasavatharams of Lord Maha Vishnu.
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