Deity

筏罗诃

वराहVarāha

verses
1,140
books
23
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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 筏罗诃, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    285 verses · 105 chapters

    All 285 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 2.1.1.18

      他是至高无上者，吉祥殊胜，身躯宽广，具有四臂，面如瓦拉哈，手持法螺与神轮，赐予无畏与恩典。

    • 2.1.4.2

      室利苏多言：既受此问，室利筏罗诃，世间之主，复作是言。

    • 2.1.9.18

      今述兰格达萨为侍奉室利尼瓦萨而至神圣舍娑山之事。抵达那罗延城，顶拜室利瓦拉哈后，彼闻知居于文卡塔山之室利尼瓦萨。

  2. Varaha Purana

    256 verses · 122 chapters

    All 256 verses in the Varaha Purana
    • 134.1

      现在宣说与礼拜及其相关定期行持之过失的忏悔法。圣瓦罗诃曰：“若有人虽奉行我之仪轨，却舍弃我所规定之行事，而又谈论忏悔之法，女神啊……”

    • 148.4

      圣野猪尊（Śrī Varāha）曰：我即那罗延之神，为一切法（dharma）所依之归依处。我心中无嫉妒；因此我为至上的主宰。

    • 166.2

      圣瓦拉哈说道：“往昔有一位名为苏玛提的国王，持守正法，为世人所称誉。昔日因朝礼诸圣渡处（tīrtha）之行，他前往天界。”

  3. Padma Purana

    100 verses · 54 chapters

    All 100 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 1.75.83

      他们说道：“愿众生安泰，愿诸天安泰，愿诸圣仙（ṛṣi）安泰。”随即启请化作野猪（婆罗诃，Varāha）之毗湿奴——万主之主。

    • 1.3.25

      此劫被设想为最初之劫，名为“野猪劫”（Varāha Kalpa）；而在劫初，梵天（Brahmā）——亦称那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）——以世尊（Bhagavān）之相显现。

    • 3.20.71

      随后，至善之王啊，应前往阎那尔达那（Janārdana）所居之圣地；在那里，不可思议的至上主宰化现为野猪（Varāha）之形而住。

  4. Bhagavatam

    97 verses · 19 chapters

    All 97 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 3.18.2

      他在那里看见全能的至上人格神，以野猪化身托举大地，地球被祂獠牙尖端高高举起。祂赤红的目光夺走了他的光辉；那恶魔便大笑道：“哈！不过是个水陆两栖的兽！”

    • 3.19.2

      随后，那从梵天鼻孔中显现的主阿克沙阇，纵身跃起，以钉锤击向无所畏惧、在他面前踱步的敌人——魔王希兰尼亚克沙的下颌。

    • 3.13.9

      梵天说道：亲爱的孩子，世间之主啊，我对你甚为欢喜。愿你与妻子同得吉祥。你以毫无保留、无伪的心将自己奉上，愿受我的教诲与指令。

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Key chapters

The chapters where 筏罗诃 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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