Matsya Purana 248: adhyāyaḥ 248

248.1

varāhāvatāracaritravarṇanam.
śaunaka uvāca.
jagadaṇḍamidaṃ pūrvamāsīddivyaṃ hiraṇmayam.
prajāpateriyaṃ mūrtiritīyaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ .. 248.1 ..

Śaunaka said :—In olden days, this world was in the form of a golden egg; and this egg was in the form of Prajâpati. This is the Vedic Śruti.—1.

248.2

tattu varṣasahasrānte bibhedorghvamukhaṃ vibhuḥ.
lokasarjanahetostu bibhedādhomukhaṃ nṛpa!.. 248.2 ..

This very egg was ripped open on its upper side by Lord Viṣṇu at the end of a thousand years; O king! The Creator then pierced the lower end of the egg, for the creation of Lokas.—2-3.

248.3

bhūyo'ṣṭadā bibhedāṇḍaṃ viṣṇurvai lokajanmakṛt.
cakāra jagataścātra vibhāgaṃ savibhāgakṛt .. 248.3 ..

Again it was divided by Viṣṇu, the Creator and the great Divider, into eight parts The hole in the upper half of it became the sky, and that in the lower half formed the Pâtâla Kâmchanagiri was formed by the water that came out first of the egg created by Viṣṇu for the formation of the Lokas—4-5.

248.4

yacchidramūrdhvamākāśaṃ vivarākṛtitāṃ gatam.
vihitaṃ viśvayogena yadadhastadrasātalam .. 248.4 ..

248.5

yadaṇḍamakarotpūrvaṃ devo lokacikīrṣayā.
tatra yatsalilaṃ skannaṃ so'bhavatkāñcano giriḥ .. 248.5 ..

248.6

śailaiḥ sahasrairmahatī medinī viṣamābhavat.
taiśca parvatajālaughairbahuyojanavistṛtaiḥ .. 248.6 ..

Then thousands of mountains sprang up, and these extended to many thousands of yojanas wide; the earth was overweighed with them and, becoming unable to bear the load, the earth became very much tormented She became viod of the golden tejas (energy) of the all-powerful Divine Nârâyaṇa, and being oppressed with the weight of the above energy became unable to bear the weight and sank down Seeing the earth sinking down, Viṣṇu wanted to raise Her for Her welfare, and He said :—"This Universe, unable to bear my glory, is going down like a cord sinking in a swamp"—6-11.

248.7

pīḍitā gurubhirdevī vyathitā medinī tadā.
mahāmate bhūri balaṃ divyaṃ nārāyaṇātmakam .. 248.7 ..

248.8

hiraṇmayaṃ samutsṛjya tejo vai jātarūpiṇam.
aśaktā vai dhārayitumadhastāt prāviśattadā .. 248.8 ..

248.9

pīḍyamānā bhagavatastejasā tasya sā kṣitiḥ.
pṛthvīṃ viśantīṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tāmadhomadhusūdanaḥ .. 248.9 ..

248.10

uddhārārthaṃ manaścakre tasyā vai hitakāmyayā .. 248.10 ..

248.11

bhagavānuvāca.
matteja eṣā vasudhā samāsādya tapasvinī.
rasātalaṃ praviśati paṅke gauriva durbalā .. 248.11 ..

248.12

pṛthivyuvāca.
trivikramāyāmitavikramāya mahāvarāhāya surottamāya.
śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya namo'stu te devavara! prasīda .. 248.12 ..
tava dehājjagajjātaṃ puṣkaradvīpamutthitam.
brahmāṇamiha lokānāṃ bhūtānāṃ śāśvataṃ viduḥ .. 2248.13 ..

Hearing those words of the Lord, the Universe began to pray to Lord Viṣṇu : "I salute you, O, the most valiant one, in all the three realms, the most illustrious Mahâvarâha, the most powerful of all the Devas, the one armed with sword, quoit, club, &c. This world has come out of you, and the Puskara land is born of you Brahmâ, the Creator of the Universe, has been born out of your body and has acquired sempiternity amongst the beings—12-13.

248.13

tava prasādāddevo'yaṃ divaṃ bhuṅkte purandaraḥ.
tava krodhāddhi balavān janārdana jito baliḥ.. 248.14 ..

Through your glory alone, Lord Indra enjoys the pleasures of heaven. O, Lord Janârdana! the demon king Bali, has been conquered by your wrath. You are the Sustainer the Creator and the Annihilator The whole creation rests in you. The Manus, the Dharmarâja, Agni, Vâyu, Clouds, Varnâśramadharmas, oceans, trees, rivers, Dharma, Kâma, sacrifices, with rituals, are all the component parts of your supreme person — 14 16

248.14

dhātā vidhātā saṃhartā tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam.
manuḥ kṛtānto'dhipatirjvalanaḥ pavano ghanaḥ .. 248.15 ..

248.15

varṇāścāśramadharmāśca sāgarāstaravo jalam.
nadyo dharmaśca kāmaśca yajñā yajñasya ca kriyāḥ .. 248.16 ..

248.16

vidyāvedyañca satvañca hrīḥ śrīḥ kīrtirdhṛtiḥ kṣamā.
purāṇaṃ vedavedāṅgaṃ sāṃkhyayogau bhavābhavau .. 248.17 ..

You are knowledge and that which is to be realised through knowledge You are all these beings, Modesty, Lakshmî, fame stability, forgiveness, Purânas, Vedas, Vedângas Samkhya, birth and death, immoveable objects, the three periods, these all are the products of your glory —17 18

248.17

jaṅgamaṃ sthāvarañcaiva bhaviṣyañca bhavacca yat.
sarvantacca trilokeṣu prabhāvopahitantava .. 248.18 ..

248.18

tridaśodāraphaladaḥ svargastrī cārupallavaḥ.
sarvalokamanaḥ kāntaḥ sarvasatvamanoharaḥ .. 248.19 ..

You are the giver of higher fruits to the Devas, you are the winner of the hearts of heavenly ladies you are the mind of all, you captivate, you are the great forest like, wide expanse of ether (mahâkâśa), the minds of all, of which the rain clouds are the shoulders, satya loka is the branches, the oceans are the juice extracted, the nether regions are the basins for water dug round the tree Airavata is the foot of the tree, all the beings are the birds, and you are the great tree, consisting of all the Lokas, with goodness, gentleness and the other best qualities forming the sweet scent, you are the great ocean in the form of the three Lokas, the twelve Adityas are the islands thereof, the eleven Rudras are the the foundations and towns, the eight Vasus are the mountains the Siddhas and the Sadhyas are the billows, the birds are the winds, the Daityas are the crocodiles, the Uragas and Râkṣasas the fishes, Brahmâ is the great patience, the heavenly ladies are the gems, Buddhi Lakṣmı, modesty and fame, are the rivers Time is the great knot, sacrifices are the moments thereof O Narayana! you are mighty by your yoga, you are the great time and become delighted by the clear waters of your own —19-26

248.19

vamānānekaviṭapastoyadāmbumadhusravaḥ.
divyalokamahāskandhasatyalokapraśākhavān .. 248.20 ..

248.20

sāgarākāraniryāso rasātalajalāśrayaḥ.
nāgendrapādapopeto jantupakṣiniṣevitaḥ .. 248.21 ..

248.21

śīlācārāryagandhastvaṃ sarvalokamayodrumaḥ.
dvādaśārkamayadvīpo rudraikādaśapattanaḥ .. 248.22 ..

248.22

vasvaṣṭācalasaṃyukta strailokyāmbho mahodadhiḥ.
siddhasādhyormisalila suparṇānilasevita .. 248.23 ..

248.23

daityalokamahāgrāho rakṣoragaruṣākulaḥ.
pitāmahamahādhairyaḥ svargastrīratnabhūṣitaḥ .. 248.24 ..

248.24

dhīśrīhrīkāntibhiḥ nityaṃ nadībhirupaśobhitaḥ.
kālayoga mahāparva prayāgagati vegavān .. 248.25 ..

248.25

tvaṃ svayogamahāvīryo nārāyaṇamahārṇavaḥ.
kālo bhūtvā prasannābhiradbhirhrādayase punaḥ .. 248.26 ..

248.26

tvayā sṛṣṭāstrayo lokāstvayaiva pratisaṃhṛtāḥ.
viśanti yoginaḥ sarve tvāmeva pratiyojitāḥ .. 248.27 ..

The three regions created by you are annihilated again by your fury All the yogis, impelled by you, again merge into you You are the fire that is ablaze at the end of each yoga, you are the time, the clouds, and you manifest yourself in all the yogas to bring deliverance to the universe —27 28.

248.27

yuge yuge yugāntāgniḥ kālamegho yuge yuge.
mahābhārāvatārāya deva! tvaṃ hi yuge yuge .. 248.28 ..

248.28

tvaṃ hi śuklaḥ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ campakaprabhaḥ.
dvāpare raktasaṅkāśaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kaliyuge bhavān .. 248.29 ..

You assume white appearance during Satayuga, like champaka during Treta and red in Dwâpara, and black in Kaliyuga, and you get discoloured and pale in the evening of the yugas and the Dharmas also get pale. You are shining, you are walking, giving heat protecting trying, becoming angry, getting fame, illumining giving rains, laughing, remaining quiet, waking, and annihilating all the beings at the end of a yuga.—29-32 perity, etc., to all the beings, you are Ananta, for the Devas, Brahmâ, etc., and sages do not find your end.—35-38

248.29

vaivarṇyamabhidhatsetvaṃ prāpteṣu yugasandhiṣu.
vaivarṇyaṃ sarvadharmāṇāmutpādayasi vedavit .. 248.30 ..

248.30

bhāsi vāsipratapasi tvañca pāsi viceṣṭase.
krudhyasi kṣāntimāyāsi tvaṃ dīpayasi varṣasi .. 248.31 ..

248.31

tvaṃ hāsyasi na niryāsi nirvāpayasi jāgrasi.
niḥśeṣayasi bhūtāni kālo bhūtvā yugakṣaye .. 248.32 ..

248.32

śeṣamātmānamālokya viśeṣayasi tvaṃ punaḥ.
yugāntāgnāvalīḍheṣu sarvabhūteṣu kiñcana .. 248.33 ..

248.33

yāteṣu śeṣo bhavasi tasmāccheṣo'si kīrtitaḥ.
cyavanotpattiyukteṣu brahmendra varuṇādiṣu .. 248.34 ..

248.34

yasmānna cyavase sthānāttasmātsaṅkīrtyase'cyutaḥ.
brahmāṇamindrañca yamaṃ rudraṃ varuṇameva ca .. 248.35 ..

248.35

nigṛhya harase yasmāt tasmāddharirihocyase.
sammānayasi bhūtāni vapuṣā yaśasā śriyā .. 248.36 ..

248.36

pareṇa vapuṣā deva! tasmāccāsi sanātanaḥ.
yasmād brahmādayo devā munayaścogratejasaḥ .. 248.37 ..

248.37

na te'ntaṃ tvadhigacchanti tenānantastvamucyase.
na kṣīyase na kṣarase kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 248.38 ..

You do not wane or perish, even in course of crores of Kalpas, consequently, you are called Akshaya Viṣṇu, you are Viṣṇu, for you pervade the universe, moveable and immoveable. You are omnipresent in the three Lokas in the immoveable objects, and the Yakshas, Gandharvas, serpents and the Universe rest in you, hence Brahmâ calls you Viṣṇu. The philosophers call the waters Nâra and you first reposed yourself in the Waters, therefore, you are called Nârâyaṇa. You revive at the end of every yuga the lost Vedas, that is why you are known by the Risis as Govinda. You are the master of the senses (Hṛiṣis), therefore, you are known as Hṛiṣî Keśa.—39 44

248.38

tasmāttvamakṣaratvācca viṣṇurityeva kīrtyase.
viṣṭabdhaṃ yattvayā sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam .. 248.39 ..

248.39

jagadviṣṭambhanāccaiva viṣṇureveti kīrtyase.
viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhase nityaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 248.40 ..

248.40

yakṣagandharvanagaraṃ sumahadbhūtapannagam.
vyāptaṃ tvayaiva viśatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 248.41 ..

248.41

tasmādviṣṇuriti proktaḥ svayameva svayambhuvā.
nārā ityucyate hyāpo ṛṣibhistatvadarśibhiḥ .. 248.42 ..

248.42

ayanantasyatāḥ pūrvantena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ.
yuge yuge pranaṣṭāṅgāṃ viṣṇo! vindasi tatvataḥ .. 248.43 ..

248.43

govindeti tato nāmnā procyase ṛṣibhistathā.
hṛṣīkāṇīndriyāṇyāhustatvajñāna viśāradāḥ .. 248.44 ..

248.44

īśitā ca tvameteṣāṃ hṛṣīkeśastathocyate.
vasanti tvayi bhūtāni brahmādīni yugakṣaye .. 248.45 ..

You are Vâsudeva, for at the end of the ages Brahmâ and other Devas rest in you, as well as on account of your Omnipresence in all the beings. You absorb everything by drawing them unto you at the end of each Kalpa, that is why you are named Samkarsana You are Pradyumna, for the Devas, the demons are sustained in their respective orders and taught duties by you. You are Aniruddha, for there is none other in the creation that can act as a brake on all the beings. You bear the whole universe, you annihilate it, I only hold what is held by your glory. I can never hold anything which you do not hold yourself.—45-51

248.45

tvaṃ vā vasasi bhūteṣu vāsudevastathocyase.
saṅkarṣayasi bhūtāni kalpe kalpe punaḥ punaḥ .. 248.46 ..

248.46

tataḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ proktastatvajñāna viśāradaiḥ.
prativyūhena tiṣṭhanti sadevāsurarākṣasāḥ .. 248.47 ..

248.47

pravidyuḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ pradyumnastena cocyase.
niroddhā vidyate yasmānna te bhūteṣu kaścana .. 248.48 ..

248.48

aniruddhastataḥ proktaḥ pūrvameva maharṣibhiḥ.
yattvayā dhāryate viśvaṃ tvayā saṃhriyate jagat .. 248.49 ..

248.49

tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni bhavanaṃ tvaṃ bibharṣi ca.
yattvayā dhāryate kiñcittejasā ca balena ca .. 248.50 ..

248.50

mayā hi dhāryate paścānnādhṛtaṃ dhāraye tvayā.
na hi tadvidyate bhūtaṃ tvayā yannātra dhāryate .. 248.51 ..

248.51

tvameva kuruṣe! deva! nārāyaṇa yuge yuge.
mahābhārāvataraṇaṃ jagato hitakāmyayā .. 248.52 ..

Nârâyaṇa! You give deliverance to the world at the end of each age, when it is oppressed heavily.—52

248.52

tavaiva tejasākrāntāṃ rasātalatalaṅgatam.
trāyasva māṃ suraśreṣṭha! tvāmeva śaraṇaṃgatām .. 248.53 ..

Supreme One! come to my rescue I have gone down on account of my not being able to cope with your glory I am at your mercy.—53

248.53

dānavaiḥ pīḍyamānāhaṃ rākṣasaiśca durātmabhiḥ.
tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ nityamupayāmi sanātanam .. 248.54 ..

I am greatly oppressed by the demons and Râkshasas, and O, Sanâtana! I am at your mercy since eternity.—54

248.54

tāvanme'sti bhayaṃ deva! yāvanna tvāṃ kakudminam.
śaraṇaṃ yāmi manasā śataśo'pyupalakṣaye .. 248.55 ..

Deva! You are the Bull, and I had all fears till I do not seek mentally your support from my heart, and now what is the fear when I have placed myself under your shelter Lord of the Devas! when the Devas, like Indra, etc., are not in a position to sing your praises adequately how can I do so?” There is no other equal to you. You alone are your equal, and you know only who is your equal.—55-56

248.55

upamānaṃ na te śaktāḥ kartu sendrā divaukasaḥ.
tattvaṃ tvameva tadvetsi niruttaramataḥ param .. 248.56 ..

248.56

śaunaka uvāca.
tataḥ prītaḥ sa bhagavān pṛthivyai śārṅga cakradhṛk.
kāmamasyā yathākāmamabhipūritavān hariḥ .. 248.57 ..

Sâunaka said:—Hearing such a prayer of the Earth, Lord Viṣṇu was pleased to meet its wishes, and said:—“Devi! One who repeats the prayer just uttered by you will never be overtaken by any misfortune He will also attain the pure loka of Vaiṣṇavas. Its repetition will give the benefit that one attains by reading the Vedas.—57-60

248.57

abravīcca mahādevi! mādhavīyaṃ stavottamam.
dhārayiṣyati yo martyo nāsti tasya parābhavaḥ.. 248.58 ..

248.58

lokānniṣkalmaṣāṃ ścaiva vaiṣṇavān pratipatsyate.
etadāścarya sarvasvaṃ mādhavīyaṃ stavottamam .. 248.59 ..

248.59

adhītavedaḥ puruṣo muniḥ prītamanā bhavet .. 248.60 ..

248.60

mā bhairdharaṇi! kalyāṇi! śāntiṃ vraja mamāgrataḥ.
eṣa tvāmucitaṃ sthānaṃ prāpayāmi manīṣitam .. 248.61 ..

Dharani! Kalyânî! do not fear Be in peace I shall situate you nicely”—61

248.61

tato mahātmā manasā divyaṃ rūpamacintayat.
kinnu rūpamahaṃ kṛtvā uddhareyaṃ dharāmimām .. 248.62 ..

Afterwards Lords Viṣṇu thought of all His Divine manifestations as to which would be most appropriate to enable Him to relieve the sufferings of the Earth at that moment.—62-63

248.62

jalakrīr̤ārucistasmādvārāhaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ.
adṛśyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vāṅmayaṃ brahma saṃsthitam .. 248.63 ..

Then the Lord manifested Himself as a boar that He might enjoy the playing in waters That mighty Lord, incomprehensible by mind and speech of all the beings that Brahma extended Himself to hundred yojanas in length and twice that in height Shining and thundering like the blue clouds looking like a mountain, with white sharp tusks, full of lustre like the sun, lightning and fire, with a high waist, with such a formidable form adorable by all, He sank down into the Rasâtala to lift the world The Lord in that mighty manifestation, having the Vedas for His feet, the sacrificial post for His tusks, the sacrificial pit for his mouth, the fire for His tongue the Kuśa grass for His hair, Brahmâ for His head, night and day for His eyes, Vedâṅgas for His ears, sacrificial clarified butter for His nose, the sacrificial ladel for his snout, the chant of the Sâmavedâ for His breast, truth, virtue and deeds for His courage and effort, purificatory rights for His claws, sacrificial beings for His knees, all the sacrificial emblems as the seed, medicines for the results, the sacrificial altar for His inner self, sacrifices for His bones, soma for His blood, the Vedas for His shoulders, Sâkalya for His aroma, conjoint with the divisions of havya and kavya, the sacrificial fees for His heart, the Vedas as His passages, Upâvarmas for His lips Pravargyas for his ornaments, with mysterious Upaniṣadas for His seat, the protector of His shadow like better half, majestic like the mountain, He raised up the earth on His tusk from the Rasâtala, and located it in its proper place In other words, He let the Earth drop that was sticking to His tusk, though holding Her mentally after which She felt blessed and made Her obeisance to the Lord Thus Varâha came to the rescue of the Earth for the welfare of all, and then wished to make partitions on Her.—64-78

248.63

śatayojanavistīrṇamucchritaṃ dviguṇaṃ tataḥ.
nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśaṃ meghastanitanisvanam .. 248.64 ..

248.64

girisaṃhananaṃ bhīmaṃ śvetatīkṣṇāgradaṃṣṭriṇam.
vidyudagnipratīkāśamāditya samatejasam .. 248.65 ..

248.65

pīnonnatakaṭīdeśe vṛṣalakṣaṇapūjitam.
rūpamāsthāya vipulaṃ vārāhamajito hariḥ .. 248.66 ..

248.66

pṛthivyuddharaṇāyaiva praviveśa rasātalam.
vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭra kratudantaścitīmukhaḥ .. 248.67 ..

248.67

agnijihvo darbhalomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ.
ahorātrekṣaṇadharo vedāṅgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ .. 248.68 ..

248.68

ājyanāsaḥ sruvatuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān.
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmān karmavikrama satkramaḥ .. 248.69 ..

248.69

prāyaścitta nakho ghoraḥ paśujānurmakhākṛtiḥ.
udgāthā homaliṅgo'tha bījauṣadhi mahāphalaḥ .. 248.70 ..

248.70

vāyvantarātmā yajñāsthi vikṛtiḥ somaśoṇitaḥ.
vedaskandho havirgandho havyakavyavibhāgavān .. 248.71 ..

248.71

prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimān nānādīkṣābhiranvitaḥ.
dakṣiṇā hṛdayo yogī mahāsatramayo mahān .. 248.72 ..

248.72

upākarmoṣṭharucakaḥ pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ.
nānācchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ .. 248.73 ..

248.73

chāyā patnī sahāyo vai maṇiśrṛṅga ivocchritaḥ.
rasātalatale magnāṃ rasātalatalaṅgatām .. 248.74 ..

248.74

prabhurlokahitārthāya daṣṭrāṃgreṇojjahāra tām.
tataḥ svasthānamānīya varāhaḥ pṛthivīdharaḥ .. 248.75 ..

248.75

mumoca pūrvaṃ manasā dhāritāñca vasundharām.
tato jagāma nirvāṇaṃ medinī tasya dhāraṇāt .. 248.76 ..

248.76

cakāra ca namaskāraṃ tasmai devāya śambhave.
evaṃ yajñavarāheṇa bhūtvā bhūtahitārthinā .. 248.77 ..

248.77

uddhṛtā pṛthivī devī sāgarāmbugatā purā.
athoddhṛtya kṣitiṃ devo jagataḥ sthāpanecchayā
pṛthivī pravibhāgāya manaścakre'mbujekṣaṇaḥ .. 248.78 ..

248.78

rasāṅgatāmavanimacintavikramaḥ surottamaḥ pravaravarāharūpadhṛk.
vṛṣākapiḥ prasabhamathaikadaṃṣṭrayā samuddharaddharaṇimatulyapauruṣaḥ .. 248.79 ..

The Lord Vṛṣakapi, of unequalled valour and prowess, has thus brought deliverance to the Earth in the most excellent Boar form, by means of His single tusk.—79

248.79

varāhopari ṭippaṇī