Vayu Purana

आदित्यसंज्ञः कपिलस्त्वग्रजोऽग्निरिति स्मृतः। हिरण्यमस्य गर्भोऽभूद्धिरण्यस्यापि गर्भजः। तस्माद्धिरण्यगर्भः स पुराणेऽस्मिन्निरुच्यते

He is called Aditya, Kapila, and Agni, the eldest. His womb was golden, and from gold he was born; therefore, in this Purana, he is called Hiranyagarbha.

स्वयम्भुवो निवृत्तस्य कालो वर्षाग्रजस्तु यः। न शक्यः परिसंख्यातुमपि वर्षशतैरपि

The time of the self-born, after dissolution, is the eldest of years; it cannot be measured even by hundreds of years.

कल्पसंख्यानिवृत्तेस्तु पराख्यो ब्रह्मणः स्मृतः। तावच्छेषोऽस्य कालोऽन्यस्तस्यान्ते प्रतिसृज्यते

When the reckoning of aeons ceases, he is called Para Brahma; the remaining time is different, and at its end, it is reabsorbed.

कोटिकोटिसहस्राणि अन्तर्भूतानि यानि वै। समतीतानि कल्पानान्तावच्छेषाः परास्तु ये

The countless hundreds of millions that are included, those kalpas that have passed, and those that remain at the end—

यस्त्वयं वर्त्तते कल्पो वाराहन्तं निबोधत। प्रथमः साम्प्रतस्तेषां कल्पोऽयं वर्त्तते द्विजाः

Now, learn about this present kalpa, the Varaha Kalpa; among those, O twice-born, this is the first and current kalpa.

तस्मिन् स्वायम्भुवाद्यास्तु मनवः स्युश्चतुर्द्दश। अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च भविष्या ये च वै पुनः

In it, there are fourteen Manus beginning with Svayambhuva—those who have passed, those who are present, and those who will come again.

तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा समन्ततः। पूर्णं युगसहस्रं वै परिपाल्या नरेश्वरैः। प्रजाभिस्तपसा चैव तेषां श्रृणुत विस्तरम्

By them, this entire earth with its seven continents is protected for a full thousand yugas by kings and peoples through austerity; hear now the details of these.

मन्वन्तरेण चैकेन सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै। भविष्याणि भविष्यैश्च कल्पः कल्पेन चैव ह

With each Manvantara, all the intervening periods indeed occur; and with future kalpas, kalpa follows kalpa.

अतीतानि च कल्पानि सोदकानि सहान्वयैः। अनागतेषु तद्वच्च तर्क्कः कार्यो विजानता

The kalpas that have passed, along with their waters and lineages, and likewise those yet to come—such reasoning should be applied by the wise.

आपो ह्यग्नेः समभवन्नष्टेऽग्नौ पृथिवीतले। सान्तरालैकलीनेऽस्मान्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे

Waters indeed arose from fire when fire was lost from the surface of the earth; when all that is stationary and moving was destroyed in the interval of dissolution.

एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन् न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन। तदा स भगवान् ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्

Then, in that one ocean, nothing at all could be perceived; at that time, the blessed Brahma, thousand-eyed and thousand-footed—

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णोऽह्यतीन्द्रियः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यः स सुष्वाप सलिले तदा

The thousand-headed Purusha, golden in hue, beyond the senses, Brahma known as Narayana, then slept upon the waters.

सत्त्वोद्रेकात् प्रबुद्धस्तु शून्यं लोकमुदीक्ष्य सः। इमं चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति

Awakened by the predominance of sattva, he beheld the world as void; and here they recite this verse about Narayana.

आपो नारा वै तनव इत्यपां नाम शुश्रुमः। अप्सु शेते च यत्तस्मात्तेन नारायणः स्मृतः

The waters are indeed called 'nara,' and thus we have heard the name of the waters; because he lies in the waters, therefore he is remembered as Narayana.

तुल्यं युगसहस्रस्य नैशं कालमुपास्य सः। शर्वर्यन्ते प्रकुरुते ब्रह्मत्वं सर्गकारणात्

Having passed a night equal to a thousand yugas in meditation, at the end of the night, he assumes the state of Brahma for the purpose of creation.

ब्रह्मा तु सलिले तस्मिन् वायुर्भूत्वा तदाचरत्। निशायामिव खद्योतः प्रावृट्‌काले ततस्ततः

Then Brahma, in those waters, moved about as Vayu, like a firefly in the night, here and there during the rainy season.

ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन् विज्ञायान्तर्गतां महीम्। अनुमानादसंमूढो भूमेरुद्धरणं प्रति

Then, in those waters, perceiving the earth submerged within, he, not deluded, inferred the means for the earth's raising.

अकरोत् स तनुं त्वन्यां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा। ततो महात्मा मनसा दिव्यं रूपमचिन्तयत्

He then assumed another form, as in previous kalpas, and the great-souled one conceived in his mind a divine form.

सलिलेनाप्लुतां भूमिं दृष्ट्वा स तु समन्ततः। किन्नु रूपं महत् कृत्वा उद्धरेयमहं महीम्

Seeing the earth completely submerged in water, he thought, 'By assuming what great form might I raise the earth?'

जलक्रीडासु रुचिरं वाराहं रूपमस्मरत्। अधृष्यं सर्व्वभूतानां वाङ्मयं धर्मसंज्ञितम्

He remembered the delightful boar form, pleasing in water-sports, invincible to all beings, composed of speech, and known as Dharma.

दशयोजनविस्तींर्ण शतयोजनमुच्छ्रितम्। नीलमेघप्रतीकाशं मेघस्तनितनिःस्वनम्

Ten yojanas wide, a hundred yojanas tall, resembling a dark cloud, with a roar like thunder.

महापर्व्वतवर्ष्माणं श्वेतं तीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणम्। विद्युदग्निप्रकाशाक्षमादित्यसमतेजसम्

Of vast mountain-like form, white, with sharp and terrible fangs, eyes shining like lightning and fire, possessing the brilliance of the sun—

पीनवृत्तायतस्कन्धं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्। पीनोन्नतकटीदेशं सुश्लक्ष्णं शुभलक्षणम्

With thick, rounded, and broad shoulders, moving with the stride of a lion, with a robust and prominent waist, smooth and bearing auspicious marks—

रूपमास्थाय विपुलं वाराहममितं हरिः। पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविवेश रसातलम्

Assuming this immense and boundless boar form, Hari entered the netherworld for the purpose of raising up the earth.

स वेदवाद्युपद्रष्टा क्रतुवक्षाश्चितीमुखः। अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः

He was the overseer of Vedic chants, the embodiment of sacrificial rites, with a mouth like the altar, tongue of fire, hair of sacred grass, head of Brahma, and of great austerity.

अहोरात्रेक्षणधरो वेदाङ्गश्रुतिभूषणः। आज्यनासः स्रुवतुण्डः सामघोषस्वनो महान्

Bearing the eyes of day and night, adorned with the limbs of the Vedas and sacred sounds, with ghee for his nose, the sacrificial ladle for his snout, and a mighty voice like the chant of the Sāma Veda.

सत्यधर्ममयः श्रीमान् धर्म्मविक्रमसंस्थितः। प्रायश्चित्तरतो घोरः पशुजानुर्महाकृति

He was composed of truth and righteousness, glorious, established in the power of dharma, devoted to expiation, formidable, compassionate to animals, and of great form.

ऊर्द्ध्वगात्रो होमलिङ्गः स्थानबीजो महौषधिः। वेद्यान्तरात्मा मन्त्रस्फिगाज्यस्पृक् सोमशोणितः

With limbs raised upward, marked by the signs of sacrifice, the seed of stability, the great herb, the inner soul of the altar, with mantras as his haunches, touching ghee, and with soma and blood.

- पा.भे. वेदस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्यातिवेगवान्। प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान्नानादीक्षाभिरन्वितः

His shoulders were the Vedas, his fragrance that of offerings, surpassing in speed both oblations to gods and ancestors, his body facing east, radiant, endowed with various initiations.