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Chapter 36

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।। अथ वराहकृतधरण्युद्धरणक्रमः।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। पुरा निशात्यये धातुः प्रबुद्धो मधुसूदनः ।। पुनः प्रवृत्तिं भूतानामन्वियेष धिया भृशम् ।।१।। विना वसुमतीमन्ये भूतौघधरणक्षमाः ।। न भवन्तीति हृदये तर्कस्तस्याजनिष्ट च ।। २ ।। अपश्यत्प्रणिधानेन महीं पातालगोचराम्।। अतिमात्रभयोद्विग्नां परीतां महताम्बुना ।। ३ ।। प्रतिपेदे तदा रूपं भूसमुद्धरणोचितम् ।। उपकर्मोष्ठमनलजिह्वं प्रणवघोषणम् ।।४।। चतुराम्नायचरणं प्रायश्चित्तखुरांचितम् ।। प्राग्वंशकायं विलसद्दर्भरोमावलीयुतम् ।। ५ ।। प्रवर्ग्यावर्तसंपन्नं दक्षिणाग्न्युदरान्वितम् ।। स्रुक्तुण्डमखिलैः सर्वैः संविभक्तांगसन्धिकम् ।। ६ ।। दिव्यसूक्तसटाजालं परत्रह्मशिरस्तथा ।। हव्यकव्यरयोपेतं विशुद्धपशुजानुकम् ।। ७ ।। उक्तात्युक्तादिकच्छन्दोमार्गमंत्र बलान्वितम् ।। सर्वयज्ञमयं दिव्यं वाराहं रूपमास्थितः ।। ८ ।। अन्वेष्टुं धरणीमब्धेर्विवेश सलिलांतरम् ।। दंष्ट्राबालशशांकोत्थलसत्कांतिचयैर्हठात्।। ।। ९ ।। कल्पांतसमयस्फीतं तमिस्रमपसारयन् ।। अभिभूतांबुभृद्घोषैर्मुहुर्ब्रह्माण्डकन्दराम् ।। 2.1.36.१० ।। निनादमुखरां कुर्वन्गाढैर्घुरुघुरुस्वनैः ।। खुरप्रखुरविन्यासैर्जर्जरीकृतविग्रहम् ।। ११ ।। इतस्ततो विलुठयन्नुरगाणामधीश्वरम् ।। तीव्रैर्निःश्वासपवनैरापातालं सरित्पतेः ।। १२ ।। प्रापयन्नतलस्पर्शमन्तरं दर्शनीयताम् ।। अतिदीर्घेण पात्रेण मग्नोन्मग्नेन वारिधेः ।। १३ ।। संक्षोभितानि पाथांसि कुर्वन्नन्तर्ययौ तदा ।। सप्तपातालमूलाधः स्थितां तोये भयाकुलाम् ।। १४ ।। वेपमानां समालोक्य धरणीं हृष्टमानसः ।। तामारोप्य स्वदंष्ट्राग्रमुन्ममज्ज सरित्पतेः ।। १५ ।। संस्तूयमानो मुनिभिर्जनलोकनिवासिभिः ।। तस्मिन्नुद्वहति प्रेम्णा देवे वसुमतीं क्षणम् ।। १६ ।। प्रतिसारा बभूवाधो वारिधेमर्ङ्गलोचिता ।। तदुत्तारणवेलायां वराहवपुषोऽर्जुन ।। १७ ।। गम्भीरघोषैरम्भोधिः प्राप मंगलतूर्यताम् ।। उद्वृत्तवीचिविक्षिप्तशीकरासारसंगतः ।। १८ ।। भेजे मुक्ताफलचयो मंगलाक्षतविभ्रमम्।। उदूढा तेन देवेन सा बभौ सलिलाप्लुता ।। १९ ।। गाढरागसमुत्पन्नस्वेदक्लिन्नतनूरिव ।। इत्थमुद्धृत्य भगवान्महीं पातालमूलतः ।। 2.1.36.२० ।। सुदृढं स्थापयामास मध्येऽम्बुनिधिपाथसाम् ।। तेनोद्धृतायां मेदिन्यां पूर्णं तद्भूनभोन्तरे ।। २१ ।। जलं तत्कृतमर्यादाऽव्यवच्छिन्नमभूत्तदा ।। संस्थाप्य पृथिवीमित्थं तदीयाधारसिद्धये ।। २२ ।। दिग्गजानहिराजं च कमठं च न्यवेशयत् ।। तेषामपि च सर्वेषामाधारत्वेन सादरम् ।। २३ ।। अव्यक्तरूपां स्वां शक्तिं युयोज च दयानिधिः ।। ततो धरां समुद्धृत्य स्थितं किटितनुं हरिम् ।। २४ ।। तुष्टुवुः सनकाद्यास्तं जनलोकनिवासिनः ।। तदा वराहवपुषमाराध्य पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। २५ ।। तदाज्ञया जगद्ब्रह्मा यथापूर्वमकल्पयत् ।। २६ ।। ।। अर्जुन उवाच ।। ।। कल्पान्तसलिले मग्ना कथं तिष्ठति भूरियम् ।। सप्तपाताललोकाधः किमाधारा महामुने ।। २७ ।। कल्पकालः कियानेष स्यात्तद्वृत्तिश्च कीदृशी ।। २८ ।। ।। अथ कल्पवृत्तांतवर्णनपूर्वकं श्वेतवराहावतारवर्णनम् ।। ।। एतद्विस्तार्य सकलं मम ब्रह्मन्मुने वद ।। २९ ।। ।। भरद्वाज उवाच ।। ।। विनाडिकानां षष्ट्या स्यान्नाडिकैका दिनं भवेत् ।। तत्षष्ट्या दिवसास्त्रिंशन्मासः पक्षद्वयात्मकः ।। 2.1.36.३० ।। मासौ द्वावृतुरित्युक्तस्तैः षङ्भिर्वत्सरो भवेत् ।। अयनद्वितयाकारः शीतवर्षोष्णसंश्रयः ।। ३१ ।। देवासुराणामन्योयमहोरात्रं विपर्ययात् ।। उत्तरं दक्षिणे भानोरयने ते यथाक्रमम् ।। ३२ ।। मानुषाब्दैः खखव्योमखाक्षिपावकसागरैः ।। महायुगं भवेत्पार्थ कृताद्याकारसंयुतम् ।। ।। ३३ ।। सप्तत्या सैकया कालो युगानामन्तरं मनोः ।। अस्मिञ्छ्वेतवराहाख्ये कल्पे जातान्मनूञ्छृणु ।। ३४ ।। स्वायंभुवः स्यात्प्रथमस्ततः स्वारोचिषो मनुः ।। उत्तमस्तामसाख्यश्च रैवतश्चाक्षुषाह्वयः ।। ३५ ।। एते गताः प्राङ्मनवः षट्सेन्द्रसुरतापसाः ।। वैवस्वतो वर्ततेऽद्य सप्तमो मनुरर्जुन ।। ३६ ।। आदित्यवसुरुद्राद्यास्तत्काले देवतागणाः ।। इष्ट्वाश्वमेधशतकं तेजस्वी प्राप शक्रताम् ।। ३७ ।। विश्वामित्रोऽहमत्रिश्च जमदग्निश्च कश्यपः ।। वसिष्ठो गौतमश्चैव ते वै सप्तर्षयोऽर्जुन ।। ३८ ।। इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखाः शूरा मनुपुत्रा महाबलाः ।। अवनिं पालयामासुर्नित्यं धर्मपरायणाः ।। ३९ ।। सूर्यदक्षब्रह्मधर्मरुद्राणां पञ्च सूनवः ।। सावर्णिरौच्यभौमाद्या भविष्यन्मनुसप्तकम् ।। 2.1.36.४० ।। चतुर्दश विधातुस्ते भवन्ति मनवोऽहनि ।। तत्कल्पसंज्ञं तस्यान्ते निशा स्यात्तत्समा शृणु ।। ४१ ।। दिनावसानसमये ब्रह्मणः पाण्डुनन्दन ।। जायतेऽवग्रहो घोरः पृथिव्यां शतवार्षिकः ।। ४२।। तस्मिन्नवग्रहे पृथ्व्यां नीरसायां धनञ्जय ।। चतुर्विधानि भूतानि समायान्ति परिक्षयम् ।। ४३ ।। तदा तप्तशिखाकारैरुपेतो घर्मदीधितिः ।। मयूखैरग्निसदृशैर्वमद्भिः पावकच्छटाः ।। ४४ ।। विनष्टग्रामनगरशैलवृक्षादिकानना ।। कूर्मपृष्ठोपमोर्वी स्यात्तप्तायःपिण्डसन्निभा ।। ४५ ।। ततो विधातुर्गात्रेभ्यः समुत्पन्ना महाघनाः ।। आच्छादयन्तो गगनं गर्जितध्वानबन्धुराः ।। ४६ ।। सितपीतारुणश्यामाश्चित्रवर्णाश्च भीषणाः ।। शैलेभसौधवृक्षादिनानारूपसमन्विताः ।। ४७ ।। ते शताब्दमितं कालं महावृष्टिं वितन्वते ।। तेनाम्भसा शमं याति सूर्योद्भूतो महानलः ।। ४८ ।। भूयश्च शतवर्षाणि वर्षन्त्युग्रं महाघनाः ।। तदम्भसा समुद्वेला विकृतिं यान्ति वार्द्धयः ।। ४९ ।। कल्पान्ताम्बुदनिर्मुक्तं लोकान्व्याप्नोति तज्जलम् ।। भूर्भुवःस्वर्महर्लोकानावृणोति तमो महत् ।। तदा निमग्ना सलिले मही पातालमूलगा ।। 2.1.36.५० ।। अनष्टा कथमप्यास्ते ब्रह्मशक्त्यवलम्बिता ।। अथ निःश्वाससंभूतो मारुतो ब्रह्मणोऽर्जुन ।। ५१ ।। उत्सारयति तान्सर्वान्कल्पान्तोत्थान्महाघनान् ।। एवं प्रवृद्धः पवनः शतसंवत्सरात्मकम् ।। ५२ ।। कालं निरन्तरं वाति दुर्निवाररयोत्थितः ।। तमुग्रमनिलं हित्वा हरेर्नाभिसरोरुहे ।। ५३ ।। योगनिद्रामवाप्नोति तस्मिन्पाथसि पद्मभूः ।। योगनिद्रानुषक्तस्य याति तस्य जगद्विभोः ।। ५४ ।। तावती शर्वरी पार्थ दिनं यावत्प्रमाणकम् ।। निशायां समतीतायामुत्थितो वेगवान्पुनः ।। ५५ ।। सृजप्यखिलजन्तून्वै पूर्ववच्छासनाद्धरेः ।। कल्पेकल्पे समुचितै रूपैः पाति जगद्धरिः । ५६ ।। अस्मिन्कल्पे श्वेतवर्णां प्राप्तवान्यज्ञपोत्रिताम्।। वराहवपुषा देवो विहरन्नवनीतले ।।५७।। स्वपूर्वनियतावासं प्रपेदे वेंकटाचलम् ।। स्वामिपुष्करिणीतीरे चरंश्चिरमधोक्षजः।।५८।। भक्त्या परमया युक्तमपश्यज्जलजासनम् ।। संपूज्य प्रार्थयामास ब्रह्मा तं भूतभावनम् ।। ५९ ।। पुरातनीं निजां स्वामिन्भज दिव्यां तनूमिति ।। गृहीत्वानुनयं तस्य त्यक्त्वा तां सूकराकृतिम् ।। 2.1.36.६० ।। अनन्यभजनीयां स्वां प्राप विश्वात्मिकां तनुम् ।। तथास्थितं गिरौ तत्र कृत्वाप्युत्साहमूर्जितम् ।।।। ६१ ।। द्रष्टुं न शेकुः सर्वेऽपि कालेन बहुनापि च ।। ६२ ।। ।। अर्जुन उवाच ।। ।। दर्शनस्मरणादीनां हरिरित्थमगोचरः ।। कथं प्रत्यक्षतां प्राप मानुषाणां महामुने ।। ६३ ।। भाग्यभूतोऽथ जगतां यः को वाऽऽराध्य तं विभुम् ।। इह प्रकाशयामास कथामेतां निवेदय ।। ६४ ।। हरिकथाश्रवणं दुरितापहं कथयतां सकलागमविद्भवान् ।। सुकृतिनां ननु संप्रति धुर्यता मुनिवरेण्य ममाद्य समागता ।। ६५ ।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे श्रीवेंकटाचलमाहात्म्ये सुवर्णमुखरीमाहात्म्यप्रशंसायां वराहावतारकीर्तनं नाम षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ३६ ।।

|| atha varāhakṛtadharaṇyuddharaṇakramaḥ|| || bharadvāja uvāca || || purā niśātyaye dhātuḥ prabuddho madhusūdanaḥ || punaḥ pravṛttiṃ bhūtānāmanviyeṣa dhiyā bhṛśam ||1|| vinā vasumatīmanye bhūtaughadharaṇakṣamāḥ || na bhavantīti hṛdaye tarkastasyājaniṣṭa ca || 2 || apaśyatpraṇidhānena mahīṃ pātālagocarām|| atimātrabhayodvignāṃ parītāṃ mahatāmbunā || 3 || pratipede tadā rūpaṃ bhūsamuddharaṇocitam || upakarmoṣṭhamanalajihvaṃ praṇavaghoṣaṇam ||4|| caturāmnāyacaraṇaṃ prāyaścittakhurāṃcitam || prāgvaṃśakāyaṃ vilasaddarbharomāvalīyutam || 5 || pravargyāvartasaṃpannaṃ dakṣiṇāgnyudarānvitam || sruktuṇḍamakhilaiḥ sarvaiḥ saṃvibhaktāṃgasandhikam || 6 || divyasūktasaṭājālaṃ paratrahmaśirastathā || havyakavyarayopetaṃ viśuddhapaśujānukam || 7 || uktātyuktādikacchandomārgamaṃtra balānvitam || sarvayajñamayaṃ divyaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ || 8 || anveṣṭuṃ dharaṇīmabdherviveśa salilāṃtaram || daṃṣṭrābālaśaśāṃkotthalasatkāṃticayairhaṭhāt|| || 9 || kalpāṃtasamayasphītaṃ tamisramapasārayan || abhibhūtāṃbubhṛdghoṣairmuhurbrahmāṇḍakandarām || 2.1.36.10 || ninādamukharāṃ kurvangāḍhairghurughurusvanaiḥ || khuraprakhuravinyāsairjarjarīkṛtavigraham || 11 || itastato viluṭhayannuragāṇāmadhīśvaram || tīvrairniḥśvāsapavanairāpātālaṃ saritpateḥ || 12 || prāpayannatalasparśamantaraṃ darśanīyatām || atidīrgheṇa pātreṇa magnonmagnena vāridheḥ || 13 || saṃkṣobhitāni pāthāṃsi kurvannantaryayau tadā || saptapātālamūlādhaḥ sthitāṃ toye bhayākulām || 14 || vepamānāṃ samālokya dharaṇīṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ || tāmāropya svadaṃṣṭrāgramunmamajja saritpateḥ || 15 || saṃstūyamāno munibhirjanalokanivāsibhiḥ || tasminnudvahati premṇā deve vasumatīṃ kṣaṇam || 16 || pratisārā babhūvādho vāridhemarṅgalocitā || taduttāraṇavelāyāṃ varāhavapuṣo'rjuna || 17 || gambhīraghoṣairambhodhiḥ prāpa maṃgalatūryatām || udvṛttavīcivikṣiptaśīkarāsārasaṃgataḥ || 18 || bheje muktāphalacayo maṃgalākṣatavibhramam|| udūḍhā tena devena sā babhau salilāplutā || 19 || gāḍharāgasamutpannasvedaklinnatanūriva || itthamuddhṛtya bhagavānmahīṃ pātālamūlataḥ || 2.1.36.20 || sudṛḍhaṃ sthāpayāmāsa madhye'mbunidhipāthasām || tenoddhṛtāyāṃ medinyāṃ pūrṇaṃ tadbhūnabhontare || 21 || jalaṃ tatkṛtamaryādā'vyavacchinnamabhūttadā || saṃsthāpya pṛthivīmitthaṃ tadīyādhārasiddhaye || 22 || diggajānahirājaṃ ca kamaṭhaṃ ca nyaveśayat || teṣāmapi ca sarveṣāmādhāratvena sādaram || 23 || avyaktarūpāṃ svāṃ śaktiṃ yuyoja ca dayānidhiḥ || tato dharāṃ samuddhṛtya sthitaṃ kiṭitanuṃ harim || 24 || tuṣṭuvuḥ sanakādyāstaṃ janalokanivāsinaḥ || tadā varāhavapuṣamārādhya puruṣottamam || 25 || tadājñayā jagadbrahmā yathāpūrvamakalpayat || 26 || || arjuna uvāca || || kalpāntasalile magnā kathaṃ tiṣṭhati bhūriyam || saptapātālalokādhaḥ kimādhārā mahāmune || 27 || kalpakālaḥ kiyāneṣa syāttadvṛttiśca kīdṛśī || 28 || || atha kalpavṛttāṃtavarṇanapūrvakaṃ śvetavarāhāvatāravarṇanam || || etadvistārya sakalaṃ mama brahmanmune vada || 29 || || bharadvāja uvāca || || vināḍikānāṃ ṣaṣṭyā syānnāḍikaikā dinaṃ bhavet || tatṣaṣṭyā divasāstriṃśanmāsaḥ pakṣadvayātmakaḥ || 2.1.36.30 || māsau dvāvṛturityuktastaiḥ ṣaṅbhirvatsaro bhavet || ayanadvitayākāraḥ śītavarṣoṣṇasaṃśrayaḥ || 31 || devāsurāṇāmanyoyamahorātraṃ viparyayāt || uttaraṃ dakṣiṇe bhānorayane te yathākramam || 32 || mānuṣābdaiḥ khakhavyomakhākṣipāvakasāgaraiḥ || mahāyugaṃ bhavetpārtha kṛtādyākārasaṃyutam || || 33 || saptatyā saikayā kālo yugānāmantaraṃ manoḥ || asmiñchvetavarāhākhye kalpe jātānmanūñchṛṇu || 34 || svāyaṃbhuvaḥ syātprathamastataḥ svārociṣo manuḥ || uttamastāmasākhyaśca raivataścākṣuṣāhvayaḥ || 35 || ete gatāḥ prāṅmanavaḥ ṣaṭsendrasuratāpasāḥ || vaivasvato vartate'dya saptamo manurarjuna || 36 || ādityavasurudrādyāstatkāle devatāgaṇāḥ || iṣṭvāśvamedhaśatakaṃ tejasvī prāpa śakratām || 37 || viśvāmitro'hamatriśca jamadagniśca kaśyapaḥ || vasiṣṭho gautamaścaiva te vai saptarṣayo'rjuna || 38 || ikṣvākupramukhāḥ śūrā manuputrā mahābalāḥ || avaniṃ pālayāmāsurnityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ || 39 || sūryadakṣabrahmadharmarudrāṇāṃ pañca sūnavaḥ || sāvarṇiraucyabhaumādyā bhaviṣyanmanusaptakam || 2.1.36.40 || caturdaśa vidhātuste bhavanti manavo'hani || tatkalpasaṃjñaṃ tasyānte niśā syāttatsamā śṛṇu || 41 || dināvasānasamaye brahmaṇaḥ pāṇḍunandana || jāyate'vagraho ghoraḥ pṛthivyāṃ śatavārṣikaḥ || 42|| tasminnavagrahe pṛthvyāṃ nīrasāyāṃ dhanañjaya || caturvidhāni bhūtāni samāyānti parikṣayam || 43 || tadā taptaśikhākārairupeto gharmadīdhitiḥ || mayūkhairagnisadṛśairvamadbhiḥ pāvakacchaṭāḥ || 44 || vinaṣṭagrāmanagaraśailavṛkṣādikānanā || kūrmapṛṣṭhopamorvī syāttaptāyaḥpiṇḍasannibhā || 45 || tato vidhāturgātrebhyaḥ samutpannā mahāghanāḥ || ācchādayanto gaganaṃ garjitadhvānabandhurāḥ || 46 || sitapītāruṇaśyāmāścitravarṇāśca bhīṣaṇāḥ || śailebhasaudhavṛkṣādinānārūpasamanvitāḥ || 47 || te śatābdamitaṃ kālaṃ mahāvṛṣṭiṃ vitanvate || tenāmbhasā śamaṃ yāti sūryodbhūto mahānalaḥ || 48 || bhūyaśca śatavarṣāṇi varṣantyugraṃ mahāghanāḥ || tadambhasā samudvelā vikṛtiṃ yānti vārddhayaḥ || 49 || kalpāntāmbudanirmuktaṃ lokānvyāpnoti tajjalam || bhūrbhuvaḥsvarmaharlokānāvṛṇoti tamo mahat || tadā nimagnā salile mahī pātālamūlagā || 2.1.36.50 || anaṣṭā kathamapyāste brahmaśaktyavalambitā || atha niḥśvāsasaṃbhūto māruto brahmaṇo'rjuna || 51 || utsārayati tānsarvānkalpāntotthānmahāghanān || evaṃ pravṛddhaḥ pavanaḥ śatasaṃvatsarātmakam || 52 || kālaṃ nirantaraṃ vāti durnivārarayotthitaḥ || tamugramanilaṃ hitvā harernābhisaroruhe || 53 || yoganidrāmavāpnoti tasminpāthasi padmabhūḥ || yoganidrānuṣaktasya yāti tasya jagadvibhoḥ || 54 || tāvatī śarvarī pārtha dinaṃ yāvatpramāṇakam || niśāyāṃ samatītāyāmutthito vegavānpunaḥ || 55 || sṛjapyakhilajantūnvai pūrvavacchāsanāddhareḥ || kalpekalpe samucitai rūpaiḥ pāti jagaddhariḥ | 56 || asminkalpe śvetavarṇāṃ prāptavānyajñapotritām|| varāhavapuṣā devo viharannavanītale ||57|| svapūrvaniyatāvāsaṃ prapede veṃkaṭācalam || svāmipuṣkariṇītīre caraṃściramadhokṣajaḥ||58|| bhaktyā paramayā yuktamapaśyajjalajāsanam || saṃpūjya prārthayāmāsa brahmā taṃ bhūtabhāvanam || 59 || purātanīṃ nijāṃ svāminbhaja divyāṃ tanūmiti || gṛhītvānunayaṃ tasya tyaktvā tāṃ sūkarākṛtim || 2.1.36.60 || ananyabhajanīyāṃ svāṃ prāpa viśvātmikāṃ tanum || tathāsthitaṃ girau tatra kṛtvāpyutsāhamūrjitam |||| 61 || draṣṭuṃ na śekuḥ sarve'pi kālena bahunāpi ca || 62 || || arjuna uvāca || || darśanasmaraṇādīnāṃ hariritthamagocaraḥ || kathaṃ pratyakṣatāṃ prāpa mānuṣāṇāṃ mahāmune || 63 || bhāgyabhūto'tha jagatāṃ yaḥ ko vā''rādhya taṃ vibhum || iha prakāśayāmāsa kathāmetāṃ nivedaya || 64 || harikathāśravaṇaṃ duritāpahaṃ kathayatāṃ sakalāgamavidbhavān || sukṛtināṃ nanu saṃprati dhuryatā munivareṇya mamādya samāgatā || 65 || iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīmāhātmyapraśaṃsāyāṃ varāhāvatārakīrtanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 36 ||

English translation

[ The Way Varāha Lifted up the Earth ]:—

Bharadvāja said :

1. Formerly at the end of the Night of the Creator the Slayer of Madhu woke up. In his mind he thought about the acts of living beings.

2. He suspected in his heart, ‘Excepting the Earth no one else will be able to bear the burden of the flood (i.e. mass) of living beings.’

3. With abstract and profound meditation he saw the Earth in the neighbourhood of Pātāla . She was extremely frightened and was flooded with a vast sheet of water.

4-8. The Lord then adopted a form fit (to accomplish the task) of lifting up the Earth. Upakarman (subsidiary holy rite) was his lip; fire was his tongue, Praṇava was his loud grunt; the four Vedas were his four legs; expiatory rites his beautiful hoofs; Prāgvaṃśa (a sacrificial chamber with the columns or beams turned to the east) was his body; the shining Darbha grass constituted the hair on his body. Pravargya (a ceremony preliminary to the Soma Sacrifice) constituted the lock of hair curling backwards; the Dakṣiṇāgni (a type of sacrificial fire) was his belly. The wooden ladle Sruk was his snout; all the complete parts (of Yajña ) constituted his limbs and joints. Divine hymns constituted his manes; Supreme Brahman was his head. Havya and Kavya were his velocity; the pure sacrificial animal was his knee; Ukta , Atyukta and other metres were his pathways; Mantras constituted his strength. Thus the Lord adopted the form of divine Boar identical entirely with Yajña.

9-15. In order to find out the Earth he entered the waters of the Ocean. With the lustrous beams of his curved teeth resembling the Crescent Moon, he forcibly dispelled the dense darkness characterizing the close of the Kalpa . With the intense Ghurughuru sounds that suppressed (drowned) the rumbling sounds of the clouds he made the cavity of the Cosmic Egg reverberate with sound.

Treading with his hoofs as sharp and tough as the arrow Khurapra, he made the body of the Lord of Serpents severely shattered and tossed it here and there. With his powerful breath-winds he made the interior of the Ocean come to the surface within the range of vision. With his long snout getting immersed in water and rising up again he stirred up the waters. Thus he went into the Ocean. He saw the trembling Earth stationed beneath the bottom of the seven nether worlds. She was agitated with fear. On seeing her he was delighted in his mind. He placed her on the tip of his curved teeth and rose up to the surface of the Ocean.

16-19. He rose up from the Ocean even as he was eulogized by the Sages residing in Janaloka .

When the Lord lifted up (married) the Earth with love the (water) of the Ocean falling down (from its surface) became the auspicious marriage screen for a short while. At the time of taking her across, O Arjuna , the Ocean, through its majestic thundering sound, performed the functions of the auspicious musical instruments unto the Lord in the form of the Boar.

Pearls scattered up by the sprays of water by the curling waves gave the impression of the maṅgalākṣatas (auspicious raw rice-grains showered over the couple in marriage).

Married (lifted up) by that Lord and dripping with the water (of the Ocean), the Earth shone as if her body was rendered wet due to the perspiration arising from intense love (for the Lord).

20-26. After lifting up the Earth from beneath the nether worlds thus the Lord placed her firmly in the midst of the waters of the Ocean.

When the Earth was lifted up by him, the water that filled up the space between the Earth and the atmosphere became the inviolable line of demarcation of the boundary made by him.

After establishing the Earth thus he placed the Elephants of the Quarters, the King of Serpents and the Tortoise for giving her extra support. That receptacle of mercy ( Hari ) willingly applied his own Śakti (power) in an unmanifest form as a support for them all.

As Hari thus stood in the form of Boar after retrieving the Earth, the residents of Janaloka beginning with Sanaka eulogized him.

After propitiating Puruṣottama in the form of Boar and at his behest, Brahmā created the universe as before.

Arjuna enquired :

27-28. O great sage, how does this Earth stand when sunk within the watery expanse at the time of the close of the Kalpa beneath the seven nether worlds? What is her support? How long does the period of a Kalpa last? What is its function?

29. Explain all this in detail to me, O Brāhmaṇa , O sage.

[ The Incarnation of Śveta Varāha and Details of the Period of Kalpa ]:—

Bharadvāja explained :

30-34. Sixty Vināḍīkās [ Vināḍikās ?] make one Nāḍikā . [1] Sixty Nāḍikās make a full day. Thirty days make a month which consists of two Pakṣas (fortnights). Two months make what is called a Ṛtu (season). Such six Ṛtus make one year. It is in the form of two Ayanas (transits of the Sun). It has (a cycle of) chillness, rains and heat.

Days and nights of Devas and Asuras are in opposition to each other. The two Ayanas of the Sun are the northern and the southern transits.

One Mahāyuga (a great Yuga , i.e. a set of four ordinary Yugas ), O son of Pṛthā , consists of four hundred and thirty-two thousand human years. They are in the form of Kṛta etc. The period consisting of seventy-one Mahāyugas is one Manvantara . Listen to the Manus born in this Kalpa named Śveta-Varāha.

35-40. Svāyaṃbhuva was the first Manu . [2] Then Svārociṣa became Manu. Afterwards came Uttama , Tāmasa , Raivata and Cākṣuṣa .

All these six Manus along with (their special) Indras , Suras and Sages have passed away previously. It is Vaivasvata who is the Manu now, O Arjuna. He is the seventh Manu. Ādityas , Vasus , Rudras and others are the groups of Devas in his regime. After performing a hundred horse-sacrifices the most brilliant one attained the position of Indra .

The Seven Sages, O Arjuna, are Viśvāmitra , I (i.e. Bharadvāja ), Atri , Jamadagni , Kāśyapa [errata: Kaśyapa ], Vasiṣṭha and Gautama . The sons of Manu were extremely mighty. There were great warriors with Ikṣvāku as their Chief. They ruled over the Earth. They were always devoted to virtue. The five sons of Sūrya , Dakṣa , Brahmā, Dharma and Rudra called (respectively) Sūryasāvarṇi, Dakṣasāvarṇi , Brahmasāvarṇi , Dharmasāvarṇi and Rudrasāvarṇi together with Raucya and Bhauma are the seven future Manus.

41. In the course of a day of Brahmā there are fourteen Manus. This period is called a Kalpa . At the end of it there shall be night, the extent of it being equal to that (of the Day of Brahmā). Listen.

42. Towards the close of a day of Brahmā, O son of Pāṇḍu , a terrible drought lasting for a hundred years befalls the earth. [3]

43. In the course of that drought, when the earth becomes dry, O Dhanañjaya , the four types of living beings get perished.

44. At that time the Sun will be endowed with rays that will resemble fire. It will vomit sparks of fire and that will have hot flames like fiery tufts of hair.

45. With the villages, cities, mountains, trees, forests etc. perished, the earth then becomes comparable with the back of a tortoise. It will resemble a red-hot ball of fiery iron.

46-48. Then from the limbs of the Creator great clouds will issue forth. They will cover up the sky. They will have loud roaring, thundering sound. They will be terrible with different colours such as white, yellow, red, black and variegated colour too. They will have the forms of mountains, elephants, mansions, trees etc. They will cause a great shower for a period of one hundred years. With that water the great fire caused by the Sun will be extinguished.

49. Again for a hundred years the great clouds will cause a fierce downpour. On account of that water all the oceans will be flooded and they will undergo change in form.

50-55a. That water poured down by the clouds at the close of the Kalpa spreads to all the worlds. A dense darkness envelops the worlds of Bhūḥ , Bhuvaḥ , Svaḥ and Mahaḥ .

The earth sunk under water goes down to the bottom of the nether worlds. It does not perish. It stays there somehow supported by the Śakti of Brahmā.

Then, O Arjuna, the wind issuing forth from the breath of Brahmā drives away all those great clouds rising at the close of the Kalpa.

The wind then blows incessantly for a period of hundred years without a break. Its velocity cannot be checked.

Shunning this fierce wind the Lotus-born Lord goes into Yogic Slumber and lies hidden within the lotus coming out from the navel of Hari in the vast sheet of water.

As the Lord of the universe is thus engrossed in Yogic Slumber, O son of Pṛthā, the night of the same extent as the day befalls him.

55b-59. When the night passes off, he gets up quickly and as before creates all the creatures at the behest of Hari.

Hari protects the universe in different Kalpas adopting befitting forms. In this Kalpa he had adopted the form of white Boar consisting of the parts of Yajña. Sporting about on the earth in the form of Boar, the Lord reached Veṅkaṭācala , his own stipulated previous abode.

While wandering over the banks of Svāmipuṣkariṇī for a long time, Lord Viṣṇu saw the Lotus-based Lord endowed with great devotion.

Brahmā worshipped that sanctifier of living beings and requested:

60-62. “O Lord, resort to your own previous divine body.” Accepting his request, the Lord abandoned the form of Boar and resorted to his own cosmic body that cannot be worshipped by anyone else. He stood thus with great earnestness and enthusiasm. Even after a long time no one was able to see him.

Arjuna said :

63-65. Hari thus became imperceptible and could not even be remembered. How then, O great sage, did he become manifest to human beings? Did anyone who, due to the good luck of the worlds, propitiated the Lord, reveal him here? Tell me this story?

You are conversant with all the Āgamas . Do recount the story of Hari, the hearing of which dispels sins. O excellent one among the sages, I have now attained the foremost place among meritorious persons.

[1]: [1] : VV 29-34 give the measures of Time.

[2]: [2] : VV 35-40 give the list of Manus.

[3]: [3] : The Puranic concepts about the destruction of the world at the end of a Kalpa are given in vv 42-55.

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