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The Varaha Purana (Sanskrit: वराह पुराण, Varāha Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text from the Puranas genre of literature in Hinduism. [1] It belongs to the Vaishnavism literature corpus praising Narayana (), but includes chapters dedicated to praising and centered on Shiva and Shakti (goddesses it calls Brahmi, Vaishnavi and Raudri).
The scripture Varaha Purana is believed to be narrated by Vishnu to Bhumi, as Varaha. The Purana is devoted more to the "myths and genealogies" connected to the worship of Vishnu. [16] Though Varaha is praised numerous times as the saviour of the earth from the waters, the detailed legend is not given in the Purana.
As per Varaha Purana, during Satya Yuga, Vishnu rescued the earth which was taken over by Hiranyaksha to Patala (underworld) in the form of Varaha – a wild boar with tusks. He fought a fierce duel with Hiranyaksa killed him. He then slashed the water and brought up the earth on his tusks.
This place is one of Nepal's oldest shrines mentioned in Puranas including Brahma Purana, Varaha Purana and Skanda Purana and even mentioned and glorified in the Mahabharata epic. In Barahachhetra, the Varah, an incarnation of Vishnu is worshiped. Barahachhetra is one of the Char Dham in Nepal. [2] [3]
Fifty years of Brahma are supposed to have elapsed, and we are now in the Shveta-Varaha Kalpa or the first day of his fifty-first year. At the end of a kalpa, the world is annihilated by fire. [6] The definition of a kalpa equaling 4.32 billion years is found in the Puranas—specifically Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana. [4]
The Varaha Purana names Yamuna – the shakti of Yama, as the seventh and Yogeshvari as the eighth Matrika, a form of Parvati emerged from flames coming from Shiva's mouth. [43] In Nepal, the eighth Matrika is called Lakshmi also called as Sri is added omitting Narasimhi.
The Varaha Temple is one of the monuments among Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site in India. It is dated to c. 900–925 AD. [ 1 ] Inside the temple complex, Varaha Temple is located next (South) to Lakshmi Temple and opposite to Lakshman Temple.
In "Varaha Purana" it is said that when Lord Vishnu took the incarnation of Varaha and shook his body some of the body hair fell on the ground near here the grass now seen here is believed to have come from his hair. [3] Legend has it that it was on this hill that the British had placed their cannons during the siege of Srirangapatnam. [4]