Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2385
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2385
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3) Bhūmi Devī (Goddess Earth) is the wife of Mahā Viṣṇu. In Varāha Kalpa (Age of the Pig) the Asura Hiraṇyākṣa carried the Earth and submerged it under water. At once Mahā viṣṇu appeared in the form of a Pig and lifted up the Earth on its horns. When the Earth floated on the surface of water like a lotus leaf, Bhūmi Devī who was pleased, stood up in her charming figure. Mahāviṣṇu fell in love with her and with the brilliance of a crore of suns, had sexual union with her for the period of one Devavarṣa. It is from that time that Bhūmi Devī became Mahāviṣṇu's wife. As a result of their union, a son named Maṅgala was born to them.