Vayu Purana

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.

दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महासत्रमयो विभुः। उपाकर्मेष्टिरुचिरः प्रवर्ग्यवित्तभूषणः

With the right side as his heart, a yogi, composed of the great sacrifice, all-pervading, resplendent in the preliminary rites, adorned with the wealth of the Pravargya ceremony.

नानाच्छन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः। छायापत्नीसहायो वै मणिश्रृङ्ग इवोच्छ्रितः। भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो वै अपः स प्राविशत् प्रभुः

With various meters as his paths, seated upon the secret Upanishads, accompanied by his shadow-wife, exalted like a jeweled horn—thus did the Lord, having become the sacrificial boar, enter the waters.

अद्भिः संछादितामुर्वीं स तामश्नन् प्रजापतिः। उपगम्योज्जहाराशु अपस्ताश्च स विन्यसत्

The Lord of creatures, having approached, swiftly lifted up the earth, which was covered by the waters, and set those waters aside.

सामुद्रीर्वै समुद्रेषु नादेयीश्च नदीष्वथ। रसातलतले मग्नां रसातलतले गताम्। प्रभुर्ल्लोकहितार्थाय दंष्ट्रयाभ्युज्जहार गाम्

The oceanic rivers in the seas, and the bestowing rivers on the land, which had sunk to the bottom of the netherworld—he, the Lord, for the welfare of the worlds, raised up the earth with his tusk.

ततः स्वस्थानमानीय पृथिवीं पृथिवीकरः। मुमोच पूर्वं मनसा धारयित्वा धराधरः

Then, having brought the earth to its proper place, the supporter of the earth released her, after first holding her in his mind.

तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थितः। चरितत्वाच्च देवस्य न मही याति विप्लवम्

Upon that mass of water, she stood like a great ship; and because of the Lord's action, the earth does not sink.

ततोद्धृत्य क्षितिं देवो जगतः स्थापनेच्छया। पृथिव्याः प्रविभागाय मनश्चक्रेऽम्बुजेक्षणः। पृथिवीं तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सोऽचिनोद् गिरीन्

Then, having raised the earth, the Lord, wishing to establish the world, conceived in his mind the division of the earth; and having arranged the earth, he placed the mountains upon her.

प्राक् सर्वे दह्यमानास्तु तदा संवर्त्तकाग्निना। तेनाग्निना विशीर्णास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः

Previously, all the mountains had been burned by the fire of dissolution; by that fire, the mountains were shattered everywhere on earth.

शैत्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुनापस्तु संहृताः। निषिक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलोऽभवत्

Because of the cold, the waters were gathered in the single ocean by the wind; wherever they were deposited, there a mountain arose.

स्कन्नाचलत्वादचलाः पर्व्वभिः पर्व्वताः स्मृताः। गिरयोऽन्तर्निगीर्णत्वाच्चयनाच्च शिलोच्चयाः

Because they became fixed and unmoving, they are called 'acala' (immovable); and because they are heaped up with peaks, they are known as mountains; and since some were swallowed within, they are called heaps of rocks.