Varaha Purana

तत्क्षणादेव सम्प्राप्ता विमानैः शीघ्रयायिभिः

At that very moment, they arrived in swift-flying aerial chariots.

तस्मिन्सुरमणीयानि विविधानि शुचीनि च

There, they saw many delightful and pure places for the gods.

आश्रमारण्यभागेषु दरीणां विवरेषु च

In the forest regions of the hermitages and in the caves of the mountains.

प्रमुखे वासवं कृत्वा विविशुस्ते सुरास्तदा

Placing Indra at their forefront, the gods then entered.

कन्दरोदरकूटेषु तरूणां गहनेषु च

Into the hollows of the mountains and the thickets of the trees they went.

प्रविशन्तश्च ते देवा वनोद्देशं क्वचिच्छुभे

And as they entered some forest region, the gods appeared radiant.

गिरिनद्यास्तु पुलिने हंसकुन्देंदुसन्निभे 215.

On the sandy banks of the mountain river, shining like swans, jasmine, and the moon.

मुक्ताचूर्णनिकाशाभिर्वालुकाभिस्ततस्तत

With sand here and there, gleaming like powdered pearls.

तत्र ते विबुधा दृष्ट्वा सर्वे मां समचोदयन्

There, having seen me, all the wise gods urged me on.

मुहूर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थाय विज्ञाता सा मया तदा

Having entered meditation for a moment, I then perceived her.

ततस्तदुच्चशिखरमारुह्य विबुधेश्वराः

Then, ascending that lofty peak, the lords of the gods—

मध्ये मृगसमूहस्य गोप्तारमिव संस्थितम्

In the midst of the herd of deer, saw him standing like their protector.

चारुवक्त्राक्षिदशनं पृष्ठतः शुक्लबिन्दुभिः

With a lovely face, eyes, and teeth, and on his back, white spots.

बिम्बोष्ठं ताम्रजिह्वास्यं दंष्ट्रांकुरविराजितम्

With lips like a bimba fruit, a coppery tongue and mouth, adorned with tusk-like sprouts.

तं दृष्ट्वा विबुधाः सर्वे शिखरात्प्रतिधाविताः

Seeing him, all the gods fled from the peak.

शृङ्गाग्रं प्रथमं धृत्वा गृहीत्वा वज्रपाणिना

Seizing first the tip of the horn, grasped by the wielder of the thunderbolt—

जग्राह केशवश्चापि मूलं तस्य महात्मनः 215.

And Keśava too took hold of the base of that great-souled one.

शक्रस्याग्रं स्थितं हस्ते मध्यं हस्ते मम स्थितम्

The tip was held in Śakra’s hand, the middle in mine.

शृङ्गस्यैव गृहीतस्य त्रिधास्माकं मृगाधिपः

Of the horn thus seized, our lord of the deer was divided in three by us.

अन्तर्हितोऽन्तरिक्षस्थः प्रोवाचास्मानुपालभन्

He vanished, standing in the sky, and addressed us as we watched.

सशरीरोऽहं युष्माभिर्वशाप्तः प्रगतस्त्वितः

With my body, I have been cursed by you; now I have departed from here.

यद्यहं सशरीरः स्यां गृहीत्वा स्थापितोऽभवम्

If I had remained with my body, having been taken and established here,

कामं शृंगाणि मेऽत्रैव श्लेष्मात्मकवनेऽमराः

Indeed, O immortals, my horns would be here in this forest of phlegmatic nature.

अत्रापि महती व्युष्टिर्भविष्यति न संशयः

Even here, there will be great prosperity—of this there is no doubt.

यावन्ति भुवि तीर्थानि ह्यासमुद्र सरांसि च

As many sacred places as there are on earth, and all the lakes up to the ocean,

अहं पुनः शैलपतेः पादे हिमवतः शुभे

Again, at the auspicious foot of the lord of mountains, Himavat, I,

दीप्ततेजोमयशिराः शरीरं च चतुर्मुखम् 215.

With a head blazing with radiant splendor and a four-faced body,

तत्र नागह्रदे घोरे स्थास्याम्यन्तर्जले ह्यहम्

There, in the dreadful lake of serpents, I shall remain within the water.

यदा वृष्णिकुलोत्पन्नः कृष्णचक्रेण पर्वतान्

When one born in the lineage of Vṛṣṇi, with the discus of Kṛṣṇa, will strike down the mountains,