Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 189
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- 189.42 — 2 parts
189.1
Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O best of kings, to the supremely splendid pilgrimage place,
where the Boar, the upholder of the earth, arose.
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Bearing this earth on his terrifying, curved tusk-tip,
he indeed is declared the fifth Boar, the giver of liberation.
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Yudhiṣṭhira said:
How did the Boar, the upholder of the earth, come to have an arisen form?
Why did he take the nature of a boar, and why is he called the fifth?
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Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Formerly, in the primordial kalpa, O king, Lord Hari
slept in the Milk Ocean upon the serpent couch, entranced by yogic sleep.
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She came into being, O best of kings; having gone to the presence of the gods,
she said: 'Distressed by [my] burden, I shall go to the netherworld.'
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Seeing [her], the gods were alarmed and went to where Janārdana was;
they praised Keśava, the lord of the universe, with beloved words.
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The gods said:
'Salutations, salutations to you, O lord of the gods, remover of the distress of the gods, all-pervading one!
O you whose form is the universe, salutations to you! Protect everyone from great danger!'
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Addressed thus by the gods, the god said: 'What has arisen?
Tell me the task, O gods; whatever is to be done, do not delay!'
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The gods said:
'The earth, bearer of living beings, is sinking down, distressed by her burden.
Lift her up, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and establish the worlds in their proper order!'
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Addressed thus by all the gods, Keśava, the supreme lord,
the all-pervading one, assumed the form of a boar composed of all sacrifices,
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with formidable tusks, reddish-brown eyes, and tightly curled hair.
Making Ananta his footstool, lifting the earth with the tip of his tusk,
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having lifted up the earth with its mountains and forests, encircled by the oceans,
Lord Viṣṇu arose.
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Manifesting himself in five ways on the northern bank of the Narmadā:
the first at Koralā, and the second in Yodhanīpura;
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in the place named Jayakṣetra, it is celebrated as Jaya;
the third is celebrated as the liṅga deluding the asuras;
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because he stands with the brilliance of the moon for the purification and sake of the world,
therefore, O tiger among kings, he is called Śveta;
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having lifted up the goddess of the worlds, he arose at Bhṛgukaccha;
hence the fifth is called the Arisen Boar.
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Thus the five Boars have been told to you, O son of Pāṇḍu;
and seeing them simultaneously dispels the sin of killing a brahmin.
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In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, especially on the eleventh lunar day,
having gone to the Primordial Boar when the tenth day arrives,
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one should eat sacrificial food, a light meal in the evening when the sun has set;
one should keep vigil through the night at the [shrine] called the Primordial Boar.
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Then, having bathed at dawn in the water of the Narmadā in the early morning,
and having propitiated the ancestors and the gods with sesame seeds mixed with barley,
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one should give a cow adorned with all ornaments to a worthy twice-born;
free from possessiveness and egotism, one should make a gift to the twice-born.
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Having gone, one should worship the god named the Primordial Boar;
having worshipped according to this rule, one should then hasten to Jaya.
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Having gone quickly to Jaya, one should perform the previous ritual;
one should give a horse that has set forth before the victory to an eminent twice-born.
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And at the liṅga, sesame seeds are to be given; and at Śveta, gold indeed;
and at Udīrṇa, one should give land, [and] perform the previous ritual.
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Whatever fruit one who beholds the five Boars before the sun sets obtains, O son of Pṛthā,
hear that here with single-minded attention:
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The killing of a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, violation of the guru's bed,
association with these, and betrayal of those who trust,
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incestuous union with a sister, a daughter, or a woman of one's own family—
whatever sin has accumulated from birth to death, O best of the Bharatas,
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of a Vaiṣṇava purified by the five pilgrimage places especially,
it would all be destroyed at once, like a heap of cotton by fire.
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From the remembrance of Nārāyaṇa, and especially from recitation and meditation,
sins are utterly destroyed, even if equal to mountain peaks.
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Having seen the five Boars while persevering in great human effort,
bathing in the water of the Narmadā, having performed a śrāddha according to rule,
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whoever sees Loṭaṇeśvara before sunset
is liberated from the body; so Śaṅkara has declared.
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He quickly attains liberation, the supreme ruler, hard to achieve.
If, even when human effort is made, accomplishment does not occur,
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they say that there is going to heaven even for one accompanied by sin;
wherever one goes, there will be [the fruit of] the five Boars.
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A man should certainly dwell there on the eleventh lunar day of Jyeṣṭha. / [Beholding] the primal, the victorious, and likewise the white, and the towering liṅga,
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taking refuge in it, those boars are to be seen here and there; / for on the eleventh lunar day of Jyeṣṭha, by Viṣṇu, the all-pervading Lord,
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the earth was lifted up having assumed the form of a boar, O lord; / therefore, it is more meritorious than the meritorious, destroying all the multitudes of sin.
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Having beheld the five boars, the boar of towering form, / and having worshipped according to the ritual, he should then observe a night vigil.
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Lighting lamps with five wicks using ghee with devotion, / with recitations of purāṇas, dances, songs, and auspicious instrumental music,
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and passing the night with sacred Vedic recitations— / hear what religious merit a mortal obtains, O descendant of Ajamīḍha:
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The water of the Revā is the most meritorious on earth, and likewise Hari is the lord of the worlds; / the eleventh day removes sin, O king—it is obtained by men with great exertion.
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Individually, these are able to slay multitudes of sins beginning with the murder of a brahmin, O king; / tell me, O king, when all these are united at once, are they not able to slay them?
189.42
As this has been spoken to you, O son of Dharma, and heard from the moon-crested Śaṅkara, / having heard this with desire, one is freed from all sins; indeed, by reciting it, one goes to the abode of the foe of Vṛtra.
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Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-ninth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Glorification of the Pilgrimage Place of Udīrṇavarāha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa under the Narmadāmāhātmya, in the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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RKV Chapter 190
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