Varaha

He was the Supreme Person—auspicious, broad-limbed and four-armed—bearing the face of Varāha, and holding the conch and discus, granting fearlessness and boons.

Śrī Sūta said: When thus questioned, Śrī Varāha, the Lord of the worlds, spoke again.

Now begins (the account of) Raṅgadāsa’s coming to sacred Śeṣācala for the sake of serving Śrīnिवāsa. Reaching Nārāyaṇapurī and bowing to Śrī Varāha, he heard there of Śrīnिवāsa who dwells upon Veṅkaṭādri.

Now, the expiations for offences connected with worship and related periodic observances. Śrī Varāha said: ‘A person devoted to my rites, yet abandoning my prescribed acts, who speaks out (about) the procedure of expiation, O goddess…’

Śrī Varāha said: I am Nārāyaṇa, the divine one, the refuge upon whom all dharmas depend. And jealousy is not in me; therefore I am the supreme lord.

Śrī Varāha said: “There was once a king named Sumati, righteous and renowned among the people. Formerly, on the occasion of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, he went to the heavenly world.”

Saying, “May there be well-being for the peoples, for the gods, and for the sages,” they then addressed Viṣṇu—the Lord of lords—who was in the form of the Boar (Varāha).

This aeon is conceived as the first, called the Varāha Kalpa; and at the beginning of the kalpa, Brahmā—known as Nārāyaṇa—appears as the Lord (Bhagavān).

Then, O best of kings, one should proceed to the sacred place where Janārdana resides—where the inconceivable Supreme Lord, having assumed the form of the Boar (Varāha), is present.

He saw there the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His boar incarnation, bearing the earth upward on the ends of His tusks and robbing him of his splendor with His reddish eyes. The demon laughed: Oh, an amphibious beast!

The Lord, who had appeared from the nostril of Brahmā, sprang and aimed His mace at the chin of His enemy, the Hiraṇyākṣa demon, who was stalking fearlessly before Him.

Lord Brahmā said: My dear son, O lord of the world, I am very pleased with you, and I desire all blessings for both you and your wife. You have without reservation surrendered yourself unto me with your heart for my instructions.