प्रह्लाद की रक्षा में नृसिंह भक्तवत्सलता का चरम रूप हैं।
Shrimad Bhagavata Purana (Canto 7, Chapters 8-10)
Slays Hiranyakashipu—who had boons preventing his death by man or beast, inside or outside, day or night, with weapons or hands—by appearing as a lion-man at twilight, on a doorway threshold, using his bare claws.