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Holaka or Holika
Swami Sivananda confutes this word.
H.F.J.F. Story Another version of the legend is that a Sadhu
Philosophy advised an old woman whose grandchild
Sivanand was to be sacrificed to Holaka, a female
P-31 demon, that abuse in foul language
would subdue Holaka. The old woman
collected many children & made
them abuse Holaka with foul language.
The demon fell dead on the ground.
The children made a bonfire on
her remains.
This Holaka legend
connects Prahlad's devotion to Narayana
& his subsequent escape from death
at the hands of Holaka. Hiranyakasipu
punished Prahlad in a variety of ways
to change his devotional devotion &
mind and make him worldly-minded.
He failed in all his attempts. At last he
ordered his sister Holaka, who had a
boon to remain unscathed even inside
the fire, to take Prahlad on her lap &
enter into the blazing flames of the
fire. Holika did so. Holika vanished
but Prahlad remained untouched. He
was not affected by the fire on account of the grace
of Lord Narayana.
Swami Sivananda confutes this word.
H.F.J.F. Story Another version of the legend is that a Sadhu
Philosophy advised an old woman whose grandchild
Sivanand was to be sacrificed to Holaka, a female
P-31 demon, that abuse in foul language
would subdue Holaka. The old woman
collected many children & made
them abuse Holaka with foul language.
The demon fell dead on the ground.
The children made a bonfire on
her remains.
This Holaka legend
connects Prahlad's devotion to Narayana
& his subsequent escape from death
at the hands of Holaka. Hiranyakasipu
punished Prahlad in a variety of ways
to change his devotional devotion &
mind and make him worldly-minded.
He failed in all his attempts. At last he
ordered his sister Holaka, who had a
boon to remain unscathed even inside
the fire, to take Prahlad on her lap &
enter into the blazing flames of the
fire. Holika did so. Holika vanished
but Prahlad remained untouched. He
was not affected by the fire on account of the grace
of Lord Narayana.
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