Out of His boundless and overwhelming love for His devotees, the Supreme Lord, Sarvēśvaran, assumed the divine form of Narasiṁha—a wondrous manifestation not ordinarily seen within this world. With His sharp, divinely firm nails, which would not bend or yield in the slightest, He tore asunder the malevolent Hiraṇyāsura and violently churned the very limbs within his body.