iMac had issue installing an update (10.15.1 to 10.15.3) and now shuts down midway during boot up?

Repair the Drive for El Capitan or Later

1. Restart the computer. Immediately, at or before the chime, hold down the Command and R keys until the Apple logo and progress bar appear. Wait until the Utility Menu appears.
2. Select Disk Utility and press the Continue button.
3. Then select the indented (usually, Macintosh HD) volume entry from the side list. 
4. Click on the First Aid button in the toolbar and wait for the Done button to activate. Click on it, then quit Disk Utility.
5. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

Now, Download and Install the macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Combo Update. See if this helps.

OK. You are going to have to erase the drive and install macOS.

Install El Capitan or Later from Scratch

If possible, back up your files.

1. Restart the computer. Immediately, at or before the chime, hold down the Command and R keys until the Apple logo and progress bar appear. Wait until the Utility Menu appears.
2. Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on the Continue button.
3. When Disk Utility loads select the target drive (out-dented entry w/type and size info) from the Device list.
4. Click on the Erase button in Disk Utility's toolbar. A panel will drop down.
5. Set the partition scheme to GUID.
6. Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
7. Click on the Apply button, then wait for the Done button to activate and click on it.
8. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
9. Select Install OS X and click on the Continue button.