"This dynamic sculpt captures Ugra Narasiṁha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, bursting from a split pillar with a whirl of multi-armed energy. The deity balances in a vigorous dance-like stance while Hiranyakashipu lies across his lap; two primary hands tear the tyrant’s chest open as other hands flare with weapons—chakra, khadga, paraśu, gadā—encircling the leonine visage. The twin columns form a dramatic “V” that frames the action, set on a stone plinth that evokes a palace threshold.
Iconographically, the scene fixes the precise moment that fulfils the boon’s conditions: neither man nor beast, not indoors nor outdoors, neither earth nor sky, and at the liminal time."
