
Varaha Purana · Adhyaya 48, Shloka 21
Varaha Purana 48.21
भवोदधिनिमग्नेन वाराहः पूज्यते हरिः । नारसिंहेन रूपेण तद्वत् पापभयाद् नरैः ॥ ४८.२१ ॥
bhavodadhinimagnena vārāhaḥ pūjyate hariḥ | nārasiṁhena rūpeṇa tadvat pāpabhayād naraiḥ || 48.21 ||
One who has sunk into the ocean of worldly becoming (saṁsāra) should venerate Hari in the form of Varāha; likewise, men afflicted by fear of sin should venerate him in the form of Narasiṁha.