DIVINE INFORMATION PART 2-1 Respected friends, I am starting this new series with Varahapurana.Hope the series could be interesting. These are information posted in USBrahmins Yahoo group in 2010 by Dilip Kumar Ravindran. Sincerely, Gopalakrishnan29-10-2021 1Varaha Purana part 1 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdiliTueOct 12, 2010 7:15 am (PDT) Varaha Purana narrates the tale of rescuing of the earthfrom Rasatal by Varaha incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Its contents in brief are asfollows:- Mangala charan: Praying of Narayanaby Prithvi (Earth). Tale of the creation. Origin ofRudra, Sanatkumar, Marich etc. Tale of Priyavrata. Tale of Dashavatar (tenincarnations) . Tale of Dharma-Vyadha. Tale of Suprateek and sighting of Viratroop(colossal appearance). Tale of Gaurmukha. Karma related to Shraddha. Tale of Prajagana. Origin ofAgni (fire). Tale relating greatness of the days. Wedding of HarParvati, Ganesha,Naga, Kartikeya, Aditya,killing of Andhakasura. Matrigana, Katyayani. Kumer,Dharma, Rudra etc. and their origin. Tale of Aruni. Tales of the daysfalling in different months. Agastya Geeta. Tale of Shubhvrata. Tale ofDhanyavrat. Dialogue between Narad and Vishnu. Methods forexpiation. Tale of Agastya. Geographical description of Jambhudweep,Kushadweep, Kraunchdweep etc. Tale of Andhakasura¹s vrata etc. Origin ofVaishnava etc.Killing of Mahishasura. Ritual of Kapalik vrata. Dialoguebetween Prithvi and Sanatkumar. Dialogue betweenNarayana and Prithvi. Tale differentiating between sorrowand happiness. Tale describing twelve kinds of crime. Expiation to destroythe sins. Methods of Vishnu worship in the evening. Description of Sanatan Dharma.Description of illusion.Description of the karma for salvation. History of Gridhra and Shringali. Dialogue between Chandal andBrahmarakshasas. Greatness of Kokamukh. Greatness of Badrikashrama.Greatness of Mathurakshetra. Greatnessof Shalgram. Tale of Shalankayank. Greatness ofStutswamitirth. Greatness of Lohargalam, Panchar kslutra, Vishran tirth andDevavana. Worship of Lord Vishnu at theconfluence of Yamuna-Saraswati.Greatness of Krishna-Ganga. Tale of Samb. Greatness of Dwadashi vrat in Rama Tirth. Rituals ofinstalling different kinds of idols. Descriptionof the origin of Shraddh. Removing impurities. Medhatithi Pitrasambad. Kinds ofPindsankalpa. Ritual of Madhupark. Kindsof Madhupark donation. Description of the appearance ofYama. Description of the court of Yama. Description of the fate met by sinners. Description of hell. Description ofthe appearance of Yamadoot. Description of Chitragupt’s effect.Directions by Chitragupt for expiation. Indications by Chitragupt of the fruits ofauspicious-inauspic ious karmas. Description of Pativrat. Dialogue between Yama and Narad.Greatness of Prabodhini. Description of the greatness ofGokarneshwar. Granting of boon by Nandikeshwar. Description of greatness of Jaleshwar. Description of thegreatness of Shringeshwar. 2.Varaha Purana part 2 Posted by: "DILIP KUMARRAVINDRAN" [email protected] prdili Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:48 pm (PDT) PRITHVI'S QUERIES Lord Vishnu, in his incarnation ofVarah( a boar),had liberated Prithvi(Mother Earth) from the clutches ofHiranyaksha- the mighty demon whohad abducted her to rasatal.After being rescued, Prithvi heaved a sigh of relief and looked at her savior, whowas smiling. Shecuriously asked lord Varah- "Howdoes the process of creation beginin the beginning of each Kalpa? What isdissolution? How do you nurture the whole creation? In what order do all the four Yugas occur and how are they calculated? Why do you take incarnationin each yuga? All these things puzzle mea lot and I request you to enlighten me on all these subjects." Lord Vishnu burst into laughter and the wholeuniverse, including the deities becamevisible to Prithvi through his opened mouth. Prithvi became so frightened by this amazing sightthat she started to tremble in fear.Lord Vishnu then transformed his appearance and revealed his divine form toPrithvi so that she could become free from her fright . When Prithvi saw the divine form oflord Vishnu, who was in his meditative sleep taking rest on Sheshnag, all herfear vanished. She was extremely pleased to see the divine appearance of lordVishnu and thanked her goodfortune. Prithvi, filled with extreme devotion eulogized lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu was extremely pleased byher eulogy and said-"The answers to the questions you have asked arenot easy to understand, but still I Shall try to satisfy your curiosity. Thesupreme Almighty is eternal. In thebeginning of creation, Ego(ahamkar) as well as the five basic elements- space,water, earth,air andfire manifest themselves from the supreme Almighty. Subsequently, the great element-mahattatva,nature and collective consciousness manifest themselves. The collective consciousness then combines with each of thethree basic qualities-satva(pure),rajas and tamas(dark) and exits in three different states. It'scombination with the dark quality results into the manifestation of Mahadbrahm which isalso called prakriti or nature bythe enlightened ones. Kshetragya(soul) is considered to bemore superior than the Prakriti.This way the different permutations and combinations of all the three gunas withcollective intelligence result into the creation of different "tanmatras"( subtle form ofmatters).>From the tanmatras are createdthe "Indrias" or sense organs.This is the way how the Universe comes into existence. I then create all the living creatures with the help of five basicelements." "In the beginning there wasnothing but empty space. Subsequently ,variousnatural elements like "shabda"(sound) ,"akash"(ether),"vayu" (air),"teja" (light) and jal(water) came intobeing respectively - each of the lattermanifesting from the former. Then,I Created you(earth)to provide base toall the living creatures. The combination of earth and waterresulted into an "Egg"(anda). As the egg grew in size, I manifested myself as Narayan within it. During each kalpa a lotus manifests itself from my navel upon which isseated lord Brahma. I then request lord Brahma to commence creation. In spite ofall his efforts lord Brahma does not succeed in commencing his creation. As aresult he becomes furious and from hisfury manifests a divine child who starts to wail incessantly. The divine child is none other than Rudrawho is requested by lord Brahmato begin creation but thechild being incapable of doing thatdecides to acquire power by doing penance and enters into deep water." "LordBrahma then created Prajapati from his great toe of his right foot and Prajapati's consort from the great toe of his left foot . The manifestation of Prajapati and his consort marks the beginning ofcopulative creation and thus Swayambhuva Manu is born. In course of time population increases. This is the way howcreation takes place in each kalpa." Mother Earth requested lord Varah toshade some more light on thecreational process as her curiosity had still notbeen totally satisfied. Lord Varaha replied- "At theend of the last kalpa, when the wholeuniverse was engulfed in darkness, Narayan went into his yogic-sleep. After wakingup he found the world devoid of any creature. Narayan, being the supreme Almighty-thecreator ,the nurturer as well as theannihilator, decided to commence creation. The term Narayan means one who has his abode in the water-naar means water and ayan means abode. First of all five types of"avidya"(false knowledge) manifested from Narayan- tamas(darkness) , moha(attachment) ,mahamoha( absolute attachment), tamisra(jealousy ) andandhatamisra( anger). After the manifestation of these five"avidyas", cameinto existence immovable things likemountains ,trees etc. These being the primary creationscame to be known as "mukhyasarga"(main creation). Continuing with his creations, lord Brahma created species that were superior tothe earlier creation-animals. This particular creation was called"Tiryaksrota" (quadruped).This way Brahma did his creation. Brahma's sixth creation was called Satvik sarga which consisted ofthe deities who were all virtuousby nature. The creation of human beings was seventhin order and was known as"Arvaaksrota sarga. Human beings were of three types -those who were predominantly virtuouspossessed satva guna had radiantpersonality and never experienced sorrow but those who possessed rajas andtamas gunas experienced sorrows." "Brahma'seighth creation was called "Anugrah sarg" in which he created the sages and the hermits for the benedictionof the world. Theninth creation of Lord Brahma was called "Kaumar sarg"(creation ofadolescent beings). , these are the nine main types ofcreation through which Brahma creates.First of all Rudra and other deities manifested themselves and then came into being eternaladolescents like Sanak, Sanandan,etc. Subsequently, all theten manasputras of Brahma manifestedthemselves-Marichi, Angira, Atri, Pulah, Kratu, Pulasya Pracheta, Bhrigu, Narad andVashishth." "Lord Brahma's first creation-Rudra had manifested himself asArdha narishwar(half male andhalf female). At the request of Brahma, Rudra dismembered his female part resulting intothe creation of two distinct forms- onemale and the other female Later on, ten more Rudras manifested from the male form and all ofthem collectively came to be known as 'Eleven Rudras'." Ihope the reading is interesting and informative. I will continue in nextposting. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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