Vayu Purana

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.

ततस्तेषु विशीर्णेषु लोकोदधिगिरिष्वथ। विश्वकर्म्मा विभजते कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः

Then, when those worlds, oceans, and mountains were shattered, Viśvakarman divides them again and again at the beginning of each cycle.

ससमुद्रामिमां पृथ्वीं सप्तद्वीपां सपर्व्वताम्। भूराद्यां श्चतुरो लोकान् पुनः सोऽथ प्रकल्पयत्। लोकान् प्रकल्पयित्वा च प्रजासर्गं ससर्ज्ज ह

He arranged this earth with its oceans, seven continents, and mountains, as well as the four worlds beginning with Bhū; and after establishing the worlds, he created the generations of beings.

ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर्भगवान् सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। ससर्ज्ज सृष्टिन्तद्रूपां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा

Brahmā, the self-born, the blessed one, desiring to create various beings, produced a creation of that very form, just as in previous cycles.

तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तदा वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्। प्रधानसमकालं वै प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः

As he contemplated creation at that time, a creation arose, born of intention, simultaneously with primordial matter, and consisting of darkness.

तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः। अविद्या पञ्चपर्व्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः

Darkness, delusion, great delusion, Tamas, and what is called Andha—this fivefold ignorance arose from the great soul.

प़ञ्चधा चाश्रितः सर्गो ध्यायतः सोऽभिमानिनः। सर्व्वतस्तमसा चैव दीपः कुम्भवदावृतः। बहिरन्तः प्रकाशश्च शुद्धो निःसंज्ञ एव च

This creation, fivefold, arose from the one meditating, who was full of self-conceit; everywhere enveloped by darkness, like a lamp covered by a pot, pure and without awareness, shining within and without.

यस्मात्तैः संवृता बुद्धिर्मुख्यानि करणानि च। तस्मात्ते संवृतात्मानो नगा मुख्याः प्रकीर्तिताः

Because by these, intellect and the chief senses were covered, therefore those with covered selves are called the chief trees.

मुख्यसर्गे तथाभूतं ब्रह्मा दृष्ट्वा ह्यसाधकम्। अप्रसन्नमनाः सोऽथ ततो न्यासोऽभ्यमन्यत

Seeing that the primary creation was thus ineffective, Brahmā was displeased in mind, and then considered renunciation.

तस्याभिध्यायतस्तत्र तिर्य्यक् स्रोतोऽभ्यवर्त्तत। यस्मात्तिर्यग् व्यवर्त्तेत तिर्य्यक्स्रोतस्ततः स्मृतम्

As he contemplated, there arose there a stream flowing sideways; because it turned aside, it is called the sideways-flowing stream.

तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्व्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः। उत्पथग्राहिणश्चापि ते ध्यानाद्ध्यानमानिनः

Because of the abundance of darkness, all of them are said to be full of ignorance; they are led astray, and, though meditating, are proud of their meditation.