Deity

Varaha

वराहVarāha

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What the texts say

In the Bhagavata Purana, Varaha is the boar form taken by Lord Vishnu, and the god Brahma says the Lord assumed it as a pastime, to lift the earth drowned in the great ocean. Bhagavatam 7.2.1, 2.7.1 There, Varaha first appears as a small boar, no larger than the top of a thumb, from Brahma's nostril. Bhagavatam 3.13.18, 3.19.2 He then entered the water with his sharp hooves and found the limits of the unlimited ocean, where the earth lay as at creation's beginning. Bhagavatam 3.13.30 In the same account, he lifted the earth easily on his tusks out of the water, then in his anger killed the demon Hiranyaksha, who tried to fight him. Bhagavatam 3.13.31 In the Vishnu Purana, the sages praised Varaha with hymns as he rose bearing the earth and shook his body, the very substance of the Vedas. Vishnu Purana 1.4.29

Where to read

Every verse that names Varaha, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    285 verses · 105 chapters

    All 285 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 2.1.1.18

      Woh sabse bade the, bhagwan roop mein. Chaar haath the unke, shareer bada aur chauda tha. Varaha bhagwan jaisa chehra tha, accha dikhta tha. Haath mein shankh aur chakra tha. Dar nahi, ashirwad deta tha.

    • 2.1.4.2

      Suta ne kaha, jab aise poocha gaya, to Bhagwan Varaha, duniya ke malik, phir se bolne lage.

    • 2.1.9.18

      Ab Rangadas ki baat suno. Woh Srinivas ki seva karne Sheshachal aaya. Narayanapuri pahunch ke Varah ji ko pranaam kiya. Wahan usne suna ki Srinivas Venkatadri par rehte hain.

  2. Varaha Purana

    256 verses · 122 chapters

    All 256 verses in the Varaha Purana
    • 134.1

      Ab puja aur vrat ke baare mein galatiyon ka batata hoon. Varaha bhagwan bole. Devi, joh insaan mera bhakt hai, woh bhi agar mera kaam chhod deta hai. Phir woh prashchit ka tarika batata hai.

    • 148.4

      Shri Varah ne kaha, main Narayan hoon, main hi bhagwan hoon. Saare dharam mere sahare hain. Mere andar jalan bilkul nahi hai, isliye main sabse bada prabhu hoon.

    • 166.2

      Varaha bhagwan ne kaha. Pehle ek raja tha jiska naam Sumati tha. Woh logon mein bada jaana jaata tha kyunki woh dharam wala aadmi tha. Ek baar woh teerth yatra par gaya aur wahan se swarg chala gaya.

  3. Padma Purana

    100 verses · 54 chapters

    All 100 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 1.75.83

      Sabne kaha ki sab logon ke liye, devtaon ke liye aur rishiyon ke liye shanti ho. Phir unhone Vishnu se baat ki jo suar ke roop mein tha. Woh sab ke bhagwan hain.

    • 1.3.25

      Pehla kalpa Varaha Kalpa ke naam se jaana jaata hai. Uske shuru mein Brahma aaye. Brahma ko Narayan bhi kehte hain. Woh bhagwan ban kar aaye the.

    • 3.20.71

      Raja, uske baad us jagah jao jahan Janardan rehte hain. Wahan bhagwan ne suar ka roop liya tha. Woh sabse bade hain, koi soch bhi nahi sakta kitne bade hain.

  4. Bhagavatam

    97 verses · 19 chapters

    All 97 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 3.18.2

      Wahan usne Bhagwan ko dekha jo suar ka roop dharan karke dharati ko utha raha tha. Uske daant dharati mein gade the. Bhagwan ki aankhon mein jo chamak thi, usne Hiranyakashipu ki chamak ko kha liya. Woh hasne laga aur bola, arre yeh to…

    • 3.19.2

      Phir Bhagwan ne dekha ki dushman samne aa raha hai. Woh darr ke bina chal raha tha. Bhagwan ne uske munh par gada se maara. Yeh woh Bhagwan the jo Brahma ki naak se nikle the.

    • 3.13.9

      Brahma bole, Beta, rajan, mujhe tum pe bahut khushi hui. Tumhari aur tumhari patni pe kalyan ho. Tumne bina kisi shak ke apna dil khol ke meri baat sunni hai aur khud ko mere hawaale kar diya hai.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Varaha matters most.

  1. Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya (Adhyāya 1): Nāradasya Varāhadarśanam, Dharaṇī-Varāha-saṃvādaḥ, Tīrtha-māhātmya-nirdeśaḥ

    Skanda Purana 2.1.1 · 32 verses

  2. Pad्मिनी/Pad्मावती-Lakṣaṇa and Śrīnिवास Encounter in the Puṣpāṭavī (Chapter 4)

    Skanda Purana 2.1.4 · 9 verses

  3. Varāha Confronts Hiraṇyākṣa: The Challenge, the Rescue of Earth, and the Opening of the Mace-Duel

    Bhagavatam 3.18 · 25 verses

    Protector-restorer who prioritizes Bhū-devī’s safety, then…

  4. The Slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa and the Triumph of Varāha

    Bhagavatam 3.19 · 20 verses

    Supreme protector who accepts Brahmā’s prayers, withstands…

  5. Expiations for Ritual and Temporal Offences in Worship, and the Prescribed Purificatory Procedure (Upaspṛśya)

    Varaha Purana 134 · 10 verses

  6. Bhumi Stotra Varnanam

    Devi Bhagavatam 9.9 · 8 verses

  7. The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

    Varaha Purana 148 · 8 verses

  8. The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa

    Varaha Purana 166 · 7 verses

  9. Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot (Hema-kumbha)

    Varaha Purana 112 · 6 verses

  10. Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia

    Varaha Purana 128 · 6 verses

Key episodes

  1. Srinivasa and Padmavati (Venkateswara's Wedding)

    Skanda Purana 2.1.3-2.1.8

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