Varaha Purana

एतस्यां रूपकामस्तु पुष्पाहारो भवेन्नरः । संवत्सरं शुचिर्नित्यं सुस्वरूपी भवेन्नरः । अश्विभ्यां ये गुणाः प्रोक्तास्ते तस्यापि भवन्ति च ।। २०.

On that day, whoever desires beauty should offer flowers; remaining pure throughout the year, he will always possess a pleasing form, and the virtues spoken of for the Ashvins will also be his.

य इदं श्रृणुयान्नित्यमश्विभ्यां जन्म चोत्तमम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पुत्रवान् जायते नरः ।। २०.

Whoever listens daily to this account of the Ashvins' supreme birth will be freed from all sin and will be born blessed with sons.

महातपा उवाच । पूर्वं प्रजापतिर्देवः सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः । चिन्तयामास धर्मात्मा यदा ता नाध्यगच्छत ।। २१.

Mahātapā said: In the beginning, Prajapati, the divine Lord, wishing to create various beings, pondered, but did not find a way.

तदाऽस्य कोपात् संजज्ञे स च रुद्रः प्रतापवान् । रोदनात् तस्य रुद्रत्वं संजातं परमेष्ठिनः ।। २१.

Then, from his anger, Rudra was born, radiant with power; from his crying, the name Rudra was given to the supreme Lord.

तस्य ब्रह्मा शुभां कन्यां भार्यार्थं मूर्त्तिसंभवाम् । गौरी नाम्ना स्वयं देवी भारती तां ददौ पिता ।। २१.

For him, Brahma created a beautiful daughter, born of form, as a wife; named Gauri, the goddess herself, Bharati, was given to him by her father.

रुद्रायामितदेहाय स्वयं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः । स तां लब्ध्वा वरारोहां मुदा परमया युतः ।। २१.

To Rudra, whose body was unique, Brahma, the Lord of creatures, himself gave her; having obtained the lovely one, he was filled with supreme joy.

सर्गकालेषु तं ब्रह्मा तपसा प्रत्युवाच ह । रुद्र प्रजाः सृजस्वेति पौनःपुन्येन चोदितः । असमर्थोऽहमिति जले निमज्जत महाबलः ।। २१.

At the time of creation, Brahma addressed Rudra, urging him by austerity: 'Create beings, Rudra.' But he replied, 'I am unable,' and plunged into the waters, mighty in strength.

तपोर्थित्वं तपोहीनः स्त्रष्टुं शक्नोति न प्रजाः । एवं चिन्त्य जले मग्नस्ततो रुद्रः प्रतापवान् ।। २१.

Without the merit of austerity, one cannot create beings; thus reflecting, Rudra, lacking ascetic power, immersed himself in the waters.

तस्मिन् निमग्ने देवेशे तां ब्रह्मा कन्यकां पुनः । अन्तःशरीरगां कृत्वा गौरीं परमशोभनाम् ।। २१.

While the Lord of gods was submerged, Brahma again made that beautiful Gauri enter his body as an internal form.

पुनः सिसृक्षुर्भगवानसृजत् सप्त मानसान् । दक्षं च तेषामारभ्य प्रजाः सम्यग् व्यवर्द्धिताः ।। २१.

Desiring to create again, the blessed Lord produced seven mind-born sons, beginning with Daksha, and through them, the creatures flourished.

तत्र दाक्षायणीपुत्राः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । वसवोऽष्टौ च रुद्राश्च आदित्या मरुतस्तथा ।। २१.

There, all the sons of Daksha, the gods with Indra, the eight Vasus, the Rudras, the Adityas, and the Maruts were born.

साऽपि दक्षाय सुश्रोणी गौरी दत्ताथ ब्रह्मणा । दुहितृत्वे पुरा या हि रुद्रेणोढा महात्मना ।। २१.

Gauri, with beautiful hips, was given by Brahma to Daksha as a daughter; she who was formerly married to Rudra, the great soul.

सा च दाक्षायणी देवी पुनर्भूता नृपोत्तम । ततो दक्षः प्रहृष्टात्मा दौहित्रान् स्वान् स वृद्धिकृत् । दृष्ट्वा यज्ञमथारेभे प्रीणनाय प्रजापतिः ।। २१.

That goddess Dakshayani was born again, O best of kings; then Daksha, delighted, saw his grandsons increase and, seeing the sacrifice, began it for the joy of Prajapati.

तत्र ब्रह्मसुताः सर्वे मरीच्यादय एव च । चक्रुरार्त्त्विज्यकं कर्म्म स्वे स्वे मार्गे व्यवस्थिताः ।। २१.

There, all the sons of Brahma, beginning with Marichi, performed the priestly duties, each established in his own path.

ब्रह्मा स्वयं मरीच्यस्तु बभूवाऽन्ये तथापरे । अत्रिस्तु यज्ञकर्मस्थ आग्नीध्रस्त्वङ्गिरा भवत् ।। २१.

Brahma himself, Marichi, and others took their places; Atri was engaged in sacrificial rites, Agnidra became Angiras.

होता पुलस्त्यस्त्वभवदुद्गाता पुलहोऽभवत् । क्रतौ क्रतुस्तु प्रस्तोता तदा यज्ञे महातपाः ।। २१.

Pulastya became the hotṛ priest, Pulaha was the udgātṛ; Kratu was the prastotṛ in that sacrifice, and the great ascetic Kratu was the prastotṛ at the yajña.

प्रतिहर्ता प्रचेतास्तु तस्मिन् क्रतुवरे बभौ । सुब्रह्मण्यो वसिष्ठस्तु सनकाद्याः सभासदः । तत्र याज्यः स्वयं ब्रह्मा स च इज्यस्तु पूज्यते ।। २१.

Pracetas was the pratihartṛ in that supreme sacrifice; Subrahmaṇya was Vasiṣṭha, and Sanaka and the others were the assembly members; there, Brahmā himself was the yajamāna, and he was worshipped as the one to be honored.

पूज्या दक्षस्य दौहित्रा रुद्रादित्याङ्गिरादयः । प्रत्यक्षपितरस्ते हि तैः प्रीतैः प्रीयते जगत् ।। २१.

The grandsons of Dakṣa—Rudras, Ādityas, Aṅgiras and others—were to be worshipped; they are the visible ancestors, and by pleasing them, the world is satisfied.

तत्र भागार्थिनो देवा आदित्या वसवस्तथा । विश्वेदेवाः सपितरो गन्धर्वाद्या मरुद्गणाः ।। २१.

There, the gods who sought their shares were the Ādityas, Vasus, Viśvadevas, Pitṛs, Gandharvas and others, and the hosts of Maruts.

जगृहुर्यज्ञभागान् स्वान् यावत् ते हविषोर्पितान् । तावत्कालं जलात् सद्य उत्तस्थौ ब्रह्मणः पुनः ।। २१.

They received their respective portions of the sacrifice as long as the oblations were offered; at that very moment, Brahmā again rose up from the waters.

रुद्रः कोपोद्भवो यस्तु पूर्वं मग्नो महाजले । स सहस्त्रार्कसंकाशो निश्चक्राम जलात् ततः ।। २१.

Rudra, who was born from anger and had previously been immersed in the great waters, then emerged from the water, shining like a thousand suns.

सर्वज्ञानमयो देवः सर्वदेवमयोऽमलः । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य जगतस्तपसा बभौ ।। २१.

That god, composed of all knowledge, pure and embodying all the gods, became manifest to sight through his ascetic power, perceiving all the worlds.

तस्मिंस्तु काले पञ्चानां जातः सर्गो नरोत्तम । दिव्यानां पृथिवीस्थानां चतुर्णामरजातिनाम् ।। २१.

At that time, O best of men, the creation of five kinds was born—of the divine beings and the four classes dwelling on earth.

रौद्रसर्गस्य संभूतिस्तदा सद्योऽपि जायते । इदानीं रुद्रसर्गं त्वं श्रृणु पार्थिवसत्तम ।। २१.

The arising of the Raudra creation happened immediately then; now, O best of kings, listen to the account of the creation of Rudra.

दशवर्षसहस्त्राणि तपश्चीर्त्वा महज्जले । प्रतिबुद्धो यदा रुद्रस्तदा चोर्वों सकाननाम् । दृष्ट्वा सस्यवतीं रम्यां मनुष्यपशुसंकुलाम् ।। २१.

After performing austerity for ten thousand years in the great waters, when Rudra awoke, he saw the earth with its forests, beautiful and rich with crops, teeming with humans and animals.

शुश्राव च तदा शब्दानृत्विजां दक्षसद्मनि । आश्रमे यज्ञिनां चोच्चैर्योगस्थैरिति कीर्त्तितम् ।। २१.

Then he heard the sounds of the officiating priests in Dakṣa's abode, and in the hermitage of the sacrificers, loudly reciting in yogic concentration, as was proclaimed.

ततः श्रुत्वा महातेजाः सर्वज्ञः परमेश्वरः । चुकोप सुभृशं देवो वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह ।। २१.

Hearing this, the great and all-knowing Lord, blazing with energy, became greatly enraged and spoke these words.

अहं पूर्वं तु कविना सृष्टः सर्वात्मना विभुः । प्रजाः सृजस्वेति तदा वाक्यमेतत् तथोक्तवान् ।। २१.

I was formerly created by the sage, the all-pervading one, with the command: 'Create beings!'—thus was this statement truly spoken.

इदानीं केन तत्कर्म कृतं सृष्ट्यादिवर्णनम् । एवमुक्त्वा भृशं कोपान्ननाद परमेश्वरः ।। २१.

Now, by whom has this act—the description of creation and its beginning—been performed? Having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord, filled with great anger, roared.