Prahlāda was born to Kayadu and Hiranyakashipu, an evil daitya king who had been granted a boon that he could not be killed off by anything born from a living womb, neither be killed by a man nor an animal, neither during the day nor at night, neither indoors nor outdoors, neither on land nor in the air nor in water and of no man-made weapon.
The majority of stories in the Puranas are based on the activities of Prahlāda as a young boy, and he is usually depicted as such in paintings and illustrations. A treatise is accredited to him in the Bhagavata Purana in which Prahlāda describes the process of loving worship to Vishnu. He is considered to be a mahājana, or great devotee, by followers of Vaishnava traditions and is of special importance to devotees of Narasimha avatar. Despite the abusive nature of his father, Hiranyakashipu, he continued his devotion towards God Vishnu. He is described as a saintly boy from the Puranas known for his piety and bhakti to Vishnu. Prahlada ( IAST: Prahlāda) was a king, the son of Hiranyakashipu and Kayadhu, and the father of Virochana. JSTOR ( September 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
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