Adhyaya 2

This chapter is framed as a received dialogue: Sūta recounts an ancient episode from the Vaivasvata Manvantara in the Kṛta Yuga. Dharaṇī approaches Lord Varāha on Nārāyaṇādri and asks for the specific mantra that pleases Him and grants complete results—prosperity, marks of sovereignty, progeny, and finally the attainment of the Lord’s “Foot” for disciplined practitioners. Varāha reveals a “supremely secret” mantra, stressing that it should be transmitted only to the devoted and self-restrained. The chapter then gives a compact mantra-śāstra profile: the mantra “oṃ namaḥ śrīvarāhāya dharaṇyuddharaṇāya ca”, its promised efficacy, and its ritual identifiers—ṛṣi (Saṅkarṣaṇa), devatā (Varāha), chandas (Paṅkti), and bīja (śrī-bīja). It prescribes four lakhs of japa for one who has received it from a true teacher, followed by a homa with payasa (milk-rice) mixed with honey and ghee. A dhyāna describes Varāha’s form—crystal-like radiance, lotus-red eyes, boar-faced yet gentle, four-armed with cakra and śaṅkha, bestowing abhaya and holding a lotus, adorned in red-gold garments and ornaments, with cosmic supports such as Śeṣa imagery. The conclusion states the phala clearly: regular recitation (108 times) fulfills desired aims and culminates in liberation. Varāha then cites exempla of earlier practitioners—Manu named Dharma attaining the Lord’s state, Indra regaining heaven after a curse, sages reaching higher destiny, and Ananta becoming a “support of the earth” after japa at Śvetadvīpa—before Dharaṇī asks about Śrīnivāsa’s coming and enduring residence on Veṅkaṭa.