Singa Piraan - Prahlada Narasimha

Frustrated with his son Prahlada’s faith that the lord is everywhere, Hiranyakashipu struck a pillar and mocked the boy, “is He here?”. At that very moment, the Lord appeared as Narasimha in His magnificent ferocious form! It is said that the ever-merciful Lord appeared not with the primary intention of killing Hiranyakashipu or to save Prahlada (he was saved multiple times earlier), but just to realize Prahlada’s faith, to prove the little boy’s words true that He was indeed in everything and everywhere and hence in that particular pillar too. One single devotee’s faith. That is all it took for the Lord to descend in the marvelous form of the magical, merciful lion in one instant. “How can His glory, His compassion ever be fully understood or described?”, Nammazhwar wonders in the pasuram "engum uLan kaNNaN" (Thiruvaimozhi).  engum ulan kannan endra maganai kaaindhu  ingillaiyaal endru iraniyan thoon pudaippa  angu appozhudhe avan veeya thondriya yen singa piraan perumai aaraayum see