Prahlada Benedicted and Coronated

Chapter 10

Prahlada Maharaja humbly felt himself spiritually weak and immature, and thus begged the Lord not to tempt him into material life. Instead, the young boy asked for the choice blessing that he may never harbour material desires, that his mind be filled with remembrance of the Lord and that his father be excused for his transgressions.

Lord Nrsinghadeva assured Prahlada that his desires would be fulfilled, and explained that his purity of devotion would benefit twenty-one generations of relatives. Prahlada proceeded to perform the funeral rites for his father and was duly installed on the throne of the world by Lord Brahma and Sukracarya. When Brahma spontaneously began glorifying the fearsome Lord, Nrsinghadeva warned him to avoid offering powerful benedictions to harmful demons, who inevitably create a great disturbance to everyone in the universe.