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Varaha

वराह

Also known as सौकरं वपुः · Sukara-vapu (the boar form)

Varaha is Vishnu's boar avatara (second in the Bhagavata's list here): assuming the sukara form He raised the earth sunk in rasatala; puranic tradition also joins the slaying of Hiranyaksha to Him (not part of the processed verses). SB 1.3.7: taking 'saukaram vapuh' as 'yajnesha', He lifted the earth for her welfare.

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.3.7 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=369178)