Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 39
Varṣa-devatā Worship in Jambūdvīpa: Hayagrīva/Hayaśīrṣa, Nṛsiṁha, Kāmadeva (Pradyumna), Matsya, Kūrma, and Varāha
प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे यो मां रसाया जगदादिसूकर: । कृत्वाग्रदंष्ट्रे निरगादुदन्वत: क्रीडन्निवेभ: प्रणतास्मि तं विभुमिति ॥ ३९ ॥
pramathya daityaṁ prativāraṇaṁ mṛdhe yo māṁ rasāyā jagad-ādi-sūkaraḥ kṛtvāgra-daṁṣṭre niragād udanvataḥ krīḍann ivebhaḥ praṇatāsmi taṁ vibhum iti
我が主よ、あなたはこの宇宙の原初のヴァラーハ（猪）として戦場で大魔ヒラニヤークシャを打ち倒し滅ぼされた。ついであなたは私――大地――を、ガルボーダカ海のラサータラの水より、牙の先に載せて引き上げられた。まるで戯れる象が水から蓮華を摘み取るように。私はその全能の御方にひれ伏す。
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Prayers Offered to the Lord by the Residents of Jambūdvīpa.”
FAQs
This verse praises the Supreme Lord as the primeval Boar (Varāha) who defeated the obstructing demon and lifted the Earth from the depths (Rasā) on the tip of His tusk, emerging from the ocean with effortless divine play.
Because Varāha protected her and restored cosmic order by defeating the demon who had dragged her down; her prayer expresses gratitude, surrender, and recognition of the Lord’s supreme power (vibhu).
It teaches that when life feels “submerged” by obstacles, sincere surrender and remembrance of the Lord’s protecting nature strengthens faith and steadiness, trusting that divine help can lift one beyond seemingly impossible situations.