Varaha Sahasranama

वराह

Varāha

ॐ वराहाय नमः

The Boar, the primeval form the Lord took to dive after the drowning earth

महावराह

Mahāvarāha

ॐ महावराहाय नमः

The Great Boar, mountainous of body, whose single tusk could carry the whole world

आदिवराह

Ādivarāha

ॐ आदिवराहाय नमः

The Primeval Boar, the first of the form, worshipped since the dawn of the aeons

यज्ञवराह

Yajñavarāha

ॐ यज्ञवराहाय नमः

The Sacrificial Boar, whose very limbs are the Vedic rite embodied

श्वेतवराह

Śvetavarāha

ॐ श्वेतवराहाय नमः

The White Boar who gives his name to this very aeon, the Sweta-varaha Kalpa

सूकर

Sūkara

ॐ सूकराय नमः

The Boar in his plainest name, the humble creature the Lord did not disdain to become

क्रोड

Kroḍa

ॐ क्रोडाय नमः

The Boar, whose deep chest also means the lap, the shelter that holds the earth close

कोल

Kola

ॐ कोलाय नमः

The Boar in an ancient Vedic word, the tusker of the sacred forest lore

पोत्री

Potrī

ॐ पोत्रिणे नमः

The Snouted One, named for the boar's blunt muzzle that ploughed through the waters

दंष्ट्री

Daṃṣṭrī

ॐ दंष्ट्रिणे नमः

The Tusked One, known by the great curved fang on which the earth was borne up

क्रोडरूप

Kroḍarūpa

ॐ क्रोडरूपाय नमः

He whose very form is the boar, the formless One taking on the shape of the tusker

सूकररूप

Sūkararūpa

ॐ सूकररूपाय नमः

He who wears the form of the swine, taking the despised shape for a sacred end

वराहरूप

Varāharūpa

ॐ वराहरूपाय नमः

He of the boar's form, in whom Vishnu poured himself wholly into the tusker's shape

वराहमूर्ति

Varāhamūrti

ॐ वराहमूर्तये नमः

The Boar-Embodied, the very icon and image in which the tusker is adored

क्रोडाकार

Kroḍākāra

ॐ क्रोडाकाराय नमः

He shaped as a boar, whose outline and bearing are that of the mighty tusker

किटि

Kiṭi

ॐ किटये नमः

The Boar in a terse Vedic word, the compact and ancient name of the tusker

दिव्यवराह

Divyavarāha

ॐ दिव्यवराहाय नमः

The Divine Boar, radiant and celestial, wholly unlike any creature of the mire

देववराह

Devavarāha

ॐ देववराहाय नमः

The God-Boar, the tusker who is the very Lord of the shining gods themselves

भूवराह

Bhūvarāha

ॐ भूवराहाय नमः

The Earth-Boar, forever bound in name to the very earth he lifted

नीलमेघनिभ

Nīlameghanibha

ॐ नीलमेघनिभाय नमः

He dark as a rain-laden cloud, the vast blue boar heavy with the promise of relief

महाक्रोड

Mahākroḍa

ॐ महाक्रोडाय नमः

The Great Boar, immense of chest, whose deep breast could shelter the whole of creation

वृषाकपि

Vṛṣākapi

ॐ वृषाकपये नमः

The ancient Vedic name of Vishnu as boar, the showering bull-strong Lord of vigour

प्रलयवराह

Pralayavarāha

ॐ प्रलयवराहाय नमः

The Boar of the Deluge, who rose amid the waters of dissolution to save the earth

कल्पवराह

Kalpavarāha

ॐ कल्पवराहाय नमः

The Boar of the Aeon, who inaugurates each cosmic day by restoring the earth

घोणी

Ghoṇī

ॐ घोणिने नमः

He of the great snout, whose broad muzzle scented the earth even in the depths

सूकरमूर्ति

Sūkaramūrti

ॐ सूकरमूर्तये नमः

The Swine-Embodied, the sacred form and icon of the boar set up for worship

क्रोडवपुः

Kroḍavapus

ॐ क्रोडवपुषे नमः

He whose body is the boar, wearing the tusker's frame as his living garment

सूकरविग्रह

Sūkaravigraha

ॐ सूकरविग्रहाय नमः

He whose manifest form is the boar, the divine taking definite shape as the tusker

श्रीवराह

Śrīvarāha

ॐ श्रीवराहाय नमः

The Blessed Boar, radiant with grace, in whom majesty and the humble form are one

सूकरेश्वर

Sūkareśvara

ॐ सूकरेश्वराय नमः

The Lord in boar form, sovereign master of all, ruling from within the tusker's shape

भूधर

Bhūdhara

ॐ भूधराय नमः

The bearer of the earth, who holds the whole world steady upon himself

धराधर

Dharādhara

ॐ धराधराय नमः

The supporter of the earth, the foundation on which the ground itself rests

क्ष्माधर

Kṣmādhara

ॐ क्ष्माधराय नमः

The upholder of the patient earth, who carries her as she carries all beings

वसुधाधर

Vasudhādhara

ॐ वसुधाधराय नमः

The bearer of the treasure-laden earth, who upholds the giver of all wealth

भूम्युद्धर्तृ

Bhūmyuddhartṛ

ॐ भूम्युद्धर्त्रे नमः

The rescuer of the earth, who lifted her back from beneath the waters

क्षित्युद्धरण

Kṣityuddharaṇa

ॐ क्षित्युद्धरणाय नमः

The raiser of the earth, who drew the ground itself out of the deep

रसातलोद्धरण

Rasātaloddharaṇa

ॐ रसातलोद्धरणाय नमः

The lifter from the abyss, who bore the earth up out of the nethermost depth

पृथ्व्युद्धरण

Pṛthvyuddharaṇa

ॐ पृथ्व्युद्धरणाय नमः

The rescuer of Prithvi, who raised the broad earth back into the light

दंष्ट्रोद्धृतवसुन्धर

Daṃṣṭroddhṛtavasundhara

ॐ दंष्ट्रोद्धृतवसुन्धराय नमः

He who lifted the earth upon the tip of his tusk, cradling worlds on a single point

भूमिधारक

Bhūmidhāraka

ॐ भूमिधारकाय नमः

The sustainer of the earth, who keeps her held in place age after age

जगद्धार

Jagaddhāra

ॐ जगद्धाराय नमः

The support of the whole moving world, upon whom all that stirs depends

लोकोद्धरण

Lokoddharaṇa

ॐ लोकोद्धरणाय नमः

The uplifter of the worlds, who raised not one realm but all that dwell within it

अवनीधर

Avanīdhara

ॐ अवनीधराय नमः

The bearer of Avani, upholding the earth that shelters and protects all

महीधर

Mahīdhara

ॐ महीधराय नमः

The upholder of Mahi, the mighty earth, held aloft like a mountain holds the sky

भूभृत्

Bhūbhṛt

ॐ भूभृते नमः

The earth-bearer, who carries the world as a nurse carries a child

क्षोणीधर

Kṣoṇīdhara

ॐ क्षोणीधराय नमः

The bearer of Kshoni, the firm-set earth held fast against all upheaval

धरणीधर

Dharaṇīdhara

ॐ धरणीधराय नमः

The holder of Dharani, the all-holding earth herself held up by him

वसुन्धराधर

Vasundharādhara

ॐ वसुन्धराधराय नमः

The supporter of Vasundhara, upholding the earth heavy with hidden treasure

भारहारिन्

Bhārahārin

ॐ भारहारिणे नमः

The remover of the earth's burden, who takes upon himself the load that crushes her

भूमिपालक

Bhūmipālaka

ॐ भूमिपालकाय नमः

The guardian of the earth, who not only lifts her but watches over her ever after