The Glory of Bhudhara, the Sacrificial Boar

Verse 1 (skanda.7.277.1)

तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येद्भूधरंनाम नामतः। उद्धृत्य पृथिवीं यस्माद्दंष्ट्राग्रेण दधार सः

tatraiva saṁsthitaṁ paśyedbhūdharaṁnāma nāmataḥ| uddhṛtya pṛthivīṁ yasmāddaṁṣṭrāgreṇa dadhāra saḥ

There, at that very place, one should behold the deity named Bhudhara ('Earth-bearer'), so called because he lifted up the earth and bore it upon the tip of his tusk.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.277.2)

भूधरस्तेन चाख्यातो देविकातटसंस्थितः। वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुदन्तः स्रुचीमुखः

bhūdharastena cākhyāto devikātaṭasaṁsthitaḥ| vedapādo yūpadaṁṣṭraḥ kratudantaḥ srucīmukhaḥ

For that reason he, established on the bank of the Devika, is called Bhudhara — the Veda his feet, the sacrificial post his tusks, the sacred rites his teeth, the ladle his mouth,

Verse 3 (skanda.7.277.3)

अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः। अहोरात्रेक्षणपरो वेदांगश्रुतिभूषणः

agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ| ahorātrekṣaṇaparo vedāṁgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ

fire his tongue, kusha grass his hair, Brahma his head — he is of great austerity, day and night are his eyes, and the Vedangas and Shrutis are his ornaments.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.277.4)

आद्यनासः स्रुवतुंडः सामघोषस्वनो महान्। प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमा न्नानादीक्षाविराजितः

ādyanāsaḥ sruvatuṁḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān| prāgvaṁśakāyo dyutimā nnānādīkṣāvirājitaḥ

The primal oblation is his nostril, the sacrificial ladle his snout, the resonance of the Sama-veda his great voice, the sacrificial hall his body — he is radiant and adorned with manifold initiations.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.277.5)

दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महासत्रशयो महान्। उपाकर्मोष्ठरुचकः प्रवर्ग्यावर्तभूषणः

dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāsatraśayo mahān| upākarmoṣṭharucakaḥ pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ

The sacrificial fee is his heart; he is a great yogin, reclining upon the great sacrificial session. The preparatory rite is his radiant lip, and the round of the pravargya rite is his ornament.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.277.6)

नानाच्छन्दोगतिपथो ब्रह्मोक्तक्रमविक्रमः। भूत्वा यज्ञवराहोऽसौ तत्र स्थाने स्थितोऽभवत्

nānācchandogatipatho brahmoktakramavikramaḥ| bhūtvā yajñavarāho'sau tatra sthāne sthito'bhavat

The many Vedic metres are his paths of movement, and the order proclaimed by Brahma is his very stride — thus becoming the Yajna-Varaha (sacrificial Boar), he came to abide in that place.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.277.7)

पुष्यमासे ह्यमावास्यामेकादश्यामथापि वा। प्राप्ते प्रावृषि काले च ज्ञात्वा कन्यागतं रविम्

puṣyamāse hyamāvāsyāmekādaśyāmathāpi vā| prāpte prāvṛṣi kāle ca jñātvā kanyāgataṁ ravim

On the new-moon day of the month of Pushya, or on the eleventh day, or when the rainy season arrives, and knowing the sun to have entered Kanya (Virgo) —

Verse 8 (skanda.7.277.8)

पायसं गुडसंयुक्तं हविष्यं च गुडप्लुतम्। नमो वः पितरो रसाय अन्नाद्यमभिमंत्रयेत्

pāyasaṁ guḍasaṁyuktaṁ haviṣyaṁ ca guḍaplutam| namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya annādyamabhimaṁtrayet

one should offer rice-pudding mixed with jaggery and a sacred oblation steeped in jaggery, and consecrate that food with the words 'namo vaḥ pitaro rasāya' ('salutation to you, O ancestors, for your essence').

Verse 9 (skanda.7.277.9)

तेजोऽसिशुक्रमित्याज्यं दधिक्राव्णेन वै दधि। क्षीरमाज्याय मन्त्रेण व्यञ्जनानि च यानि तु

tejo'siśukramityājyaṁ dadhikrāvṇena vai dadhi| kṣīramājyāya mantreṇa vyañjanāni ca yāni tu

With the mantra 'tejo'si śukram' one should offer ghee, with the 'Dadhikravna' mantra curd, with the mantra for ghee, milk, and likewise whatever other dishes there are,

Verse 10 (skanda.7.277.10)

भक्ष्यभोज्यानि सर्वाणि महानिन्द्रेण दापयेत्। संवत्स रोनियो मंत्रं जप्त्वा तेनोदकं द्विजः

bhakṣyabhojyāni sarvāṇi mahānindreṇa dāpayet| saṁvatsa roniyo maṁtraṁ japtvā tenodakaṁ dvijaḥ

all those eatables and other food should be given with the great reverence due to Mahendra himself; and having duly recited the mantra of the Samvatsara (the year), the brahmin should then offer water together with it.

Verse 11 (skanda.7.277.11)

एवं संभोज्य वै विप्रान्पिण्डदानं तु दापयेत्। इत्यनेन विधानेन यस्तत्र श्राद्धकृद्भवेत्

evaṁ saṁbhojya vai viprānpiṇḍadānaṁ tu dāpayet| ityanena vidhānena yastatra śrāddhakṛdbhavet

Having thus fed the brahmins well, one should then also offer the pinda (rice-ball) offering. Whoever performs shraddha there according to this rule —

Verse 12 (skanda.7.277.12)

तस्य तृप्तास्तु पितरो यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्द्दश। गयाश्राद्धं विनापीह गयाश्राद्धफलं लभेत्

tasya tṛptāstu pitaro yāvadiṁdrāścaturddaśa| gayāśrāddhaṁ vināpīha gayāśrāddhaphalaṁ labhet

— his ancestors remain satisfied for the span of fourteen Indras; and here, even without performing the shraddha at Gaya, one obtains the very fruit of the Gaya-shraddha.