Varaha
Hindu · deity · satya yuga · deity
The boar avatāra of Viṣṇu, who dives into the cosmic ocean to lift the drowned earth-goddess Bhūmi on his tusks and slays the daitya Hiraṇyākṣa — the cosmogonic rescue that re-founds the world at the start of the present kalpa.
Domains
- cosmic rescue
Powers
- Raise the drowned earth from the cosmic ocean on his tusks
- Slay the daitya Hiraṇyākṣa
- Plunge to the floor of the cosmic ocean
Epithets
- वराह
- यज्ञवराह
Relations
- avatar of: Vishnu
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.13-3.19
- Taittirīya Saṃhitā 7.1.5 (early boar-rescue kernel)