Having returned to Hiranayakashipu’s palace, Prahlada again expresses his devotion to his father's enemy Vishnu. Here, in contrast to the affection shown in the previous painting, the demon king throws his son down from the throne in anger and orders that he be killed. The boy’s takhti (writing board), on which is written the name Sri Rama, an invocation to the avatar of Vishnu, has fallen out of his hands. The story continues on the right with the sage Shukracharya consoling Prahlada as he leads him out of the palace.

Peculiar to Pahari series such as this are the wonderfully animated and richly coloured demons, each with heads of different creatures and fat, knobbly bodies. Most are hairy, some have scales and they invariably wear magnificent grimaces through their buck teeth and fangs.