Lord Vishnu Narasimha avatar significance, and importance. 

Out of the several avatars of Lord Vishnu, ten important incarnations are classified as Dasaavataras. Among them Narasimha avatar has attained a rare significance and importance.

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The specific purpose of this avatar was for protection of his devotee Prahlada from his demon father Hiranyakasipa, to prove a point and to make true the words of his devotee that God is in existence everywhere. Prahlada’s episode proves that God will always come to the rescue of his devotees who Prays him with sincere devotion.

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Because of the rare boon Hiranyakasipa had the Lord had to take this rare form which was neither man nor animal. In using the Lion Head, the message was that Lion, the King of animals, hunts its target and kills it only when it is hungry and no one else and doesn’t store its food unlike other animals. Similarly, in his Narasimha Avathara the purpose was only to kill the demon Hiranyakasipa to save his devotee and nothing else and there was no need to kill anybody else. The avatar also ended with the killing of Hiranyakasipa. He is the lion among the Gods and the people.

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He killed him with his nails which is not a weapon and the timing was neither day time nor night, it was Pradosha time. He killed him on his thighs to fulfill the condition of not getting killed in Pancha Bhoothas. It is said that the Dasaavatharas of Lord Vishnu have a link to the concept of evolution starting with Mastyaavathara (Pisces) transformed into a full fledged human being in Ramaavathara and Krishnaavathara. Narasimha avatar is the beginning of transformation from animal to man (half animal and half man)