I am a Bhakta prahaladha character

I am Kayadhu, the mother of Prahaladh, a character in the story of Prahalad and lord Narasimha.

I am a naga princess. I married the asur-raj Hiranyakashyap based on the treaty made while the Naglok was attacked by Asuras.

I am a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, but one day my brother in-law was killed by the lord. From that day my husband started hating the lord. All my in-laws were against the lord.

I gave birth to 4 sons Samhlada, Anuhlada, Hlada, Shibi, Bashkala and Prahalad and 3 daughters Divyadevi, Paulami and Simhika. Everyone in Asur lokh were happy, but they didn't know that I was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. Once Guru Shukracharya blessed me with a great son, but after learning about my Vishnu bhakthi, he was displeased. He feared my son would cause trouble to Asura clan.

So he told my husband to do penance at the Mandrachal mountain. My husband went for his penance and soon after I came to know that I was pregnant. Guru Shukracharya learned about my pregnancy and tried to kill the fetus in my womb, but Devi Ganga and Devi Uma foiled his attempts. There was also another group who feared my child. The 'Devas'.

The Devas feared the child would be born as a great powerful Asura due to my husband's hard penance. They thought he would wish for a boon that would make his to be born son powerful than Devas. Indra even tried to kidnap me and kill my child, but I was saved by Rishi Naradha. Rishi Naradha the great Vishnu bhakth took me to his ashram and made a special hut for me. I was taken great care by his pupils and other rishis and their wives living in and around his ashram. I loved the hermitage very much, it was so peaceful.

Sage Nardha used to say stories of Lord Krishna from some other dimension. He used to sing about the lord, many times I used to sleep midway hearing the stories. Many say my child heard the stories from my womb itself. Thus, he became a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. He was more ardent than me. He gave everyone uncountable happiness and hence, we named him Prahalad, which means great happiness. He prayed the lord all the time, and the lord was happy with his Bhakthi.

As soon as my husband returned from his penance, he came to the ashram to take us back. He learnt the deeds of Indra the king of Devas and took his throne. Our son was sent to the gurukul of Asuras, where he was educated by the 2 great sons of Asura Guru Shukracharya. They were happy with his fast learning and praised him in the court. My husband was very happy and asked him to say something he knew. My son said Ashtakshara and was immediately kicked by my husband. He scolded the guru's asking, what they have thought our son. The Guru's said, they don't know, from where he learnt the Ashtakshara manthra and will teach him good things.

According to my husband he has won over the 3 Lokhas and even lord became invisible seeing him, so he proclaimed himself God. He has forced his own worship all around the world. But when our own son praised his enemy, he became very angry. The gurus took our son back to teach, what my husband wanted, but he denied it. Then they saw that the child was also influencing other children so they brought him back and left in the palace. My husband was very angry with him and gave him a death sentence, but the lord saved him from all kinds of torturous death my husband punished him with. He even once caged me in my room and the child in a prison, that night the lord appeared as Prahalad to me and as myself to Prahalad to feed and make fall asleep. Once even his sister Holica, who had a fire proof cloth tried to kill my son by sitting on a pyre with, but with the lord's grace the cloth flew due to air and fell on my son due to which Holica died instead of him. Later once he ordered me to feed a cup of poisoned milk myself to my son, i cried but he didn't listen and forced me to do so. My son happily accepted the milk knowing it was poisoned, then a snake bit him and removed all the poison.

My husband saw himself, how my son was saved each time by the lord. He had a boon that neither inside the house nor outside, neither on earth, nor in air, neither in the day nor in the night, neither by any weapon, neither by humans or animals or birds or another creature created by Lord Brahma the creator he can be killed, so he was not afraid of anyone. He asked my son where is Lord Hari, my son said everywhere. He asked a specific location, my son said he is present in even in the tiniest of a rust or the tallest of a pillar. My husband took him to the spot, where there were 4 beautiful pillars in the palace. These pillars were built in front of my husband and he knew nothing could be present inside these. He asked showing them is Hari present in this pillar. My son said the lord is present in any pillar. But, this time my husband asked is present in this pillar. My son said yes.

My husband said if the lord is not in this pillar, I will pick you like a lion picks a cow and will kill you mercilessly, just like it. We were all terrified and anxious hearing my husband's words. He may now anytime break one of the four pillars, and if the lord was not in, he will give my son a cruel death. My husband broke a pillar and the lord appeared in a half man and half lion form, that is neither human nor animal, it was as if the lord heard my husband saying about killing our son like a lion kills a cow. The lord beat him to lose his consciousness, he took my husband to the threshold of our house, the time was evening, that neither day nor night. The lord sat on the threshold with my husband on his lap, that neither in nor out. He was the Lord Vishnu himself, that is not a manifestation of Brahma. Our threshold is made of a single step, that neither land nor air. The lord used his nails to dig out my husband's intestine, that is no weapon, this was the end of the great king Hiranyakashyap.