Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
रसातलगतामुर्वीं दृष्ट्वा देवो जनार्दनः । वाराहं रूपमास्थाय दंष्ट्राग्रेण वरानने । उत्क्षिप्य धरणीं मूर्ध्ना स्वस्थाने संन्यवेशयत्
rasātalagatāmurvīṃ dṛṣṭvā devo janārdanaḥ | vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya daṃṣṭrāgreṇa varānane | utkṣipya dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā svasthāne saṃnyaveśayat
रसातळात बुडालेली पृथ्वी पाहून देव जनार्दनाने वराहरूप धारण केले। हे वरानने! दंष्ट्रेच्या अग्रभागावर धरणी उचलून मस्तकावर धारण करून, तिला पुन्हा तिच्या स्वस्थानात स्थापित केले।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kardamāla (implied narrative foundation)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Varāha—majestic boar-headed Viṣṇu—emerges from the cosmic waters, Earth-goddess (Bhūdevī) raised on the tusk-tip, then borne upon his head as he sets her in place; devas witness in reverent astonishment.
FAQs
Divine intervention restores cosmic order; avatāra narratives ground the authority of sacred places and dharma in God’s protective action.
This verse provides the mythic backdrop; the tīrtha focus is Kardamāla within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; it narrates the Varāha episode.