Varāha

Varāha

Varāha, and Vārāha with the long ā, name more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Varāha Avatāra: the boar avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who lifts Bhūdevī, the earth, from the cosmic ocean on his tusk and slays Hiraṇyāksha. Varāha Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Skanda Purāṇa; Nārada Purāṇa; Matsya Purāṇa; Narasiṃha Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 18, 42, 60, 179–180, 184, 191, 202, 213, 219–220, 227, 229; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 2, 9, 52

Places

• Varāha Tīrtha (Gautamī): the tīrtha at the Gaṅgāsravaṇa near Mount Brahmagiri on the Gautamī, where Bhagavān Vishṇu as Varāha brought Yajña back from Rasātala; the account is told in Varāha Brings Back Yajña (Varāhatīrtha). Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 9
• Vārāha Tīrtha: a holy tīrtha named, with no place or account of its own, in the Brahma Purāṇa’s list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25