While Mother Earth
was
submerged in the
great water abyss. Hiranyaksha went forth to seek out
the lord of the ocean. He asked him to battle over the prize of Mother
Earth, but the ocean lord denied him the duel. The ocean lord did want
to battle because of his age. This outraged
Hiranyaksha, but the ocean lord told him about a god that would be
worth fighting. He spoke the name of Varaha. So Brahma using one
of his nostrils blew out Varaha, the boar, which was miniature in size.
Varaha
was watching the assaults of Hiranyaksha and started to grow to a
gigantic size. Varaha plunged into the ocean and found Mother Earth. He
gently lifted her onto his tusks and by doing this purified her from
her sins. They began to rise to the surface to escape her watery
prison. As Varaha reached the surface, he heard the audacious insults
of the demon.
Hiranyaksha
being a spoiled demon prone to throwing tantrums began
taunting and insulting Varaha in order to provoke a fight with him.
Varaha knowing this demon needed to be destroyed spoke to the demon, "I
will destroy you for committing several of the deadly sins."
Hiranyahsha responded, "What sins?" Varaha told him that he has
committed pride, envy, gluttony, anger and greed. These sins were his
down fall. Varaha sat Earth
in a safe place and came charging at Hiranyaksha. The battle lasted
1,000 years even with Hiranyaksha using all of
his powers and weapons, but Varaha used his tusks and pierced the
demon, which caused the earth to quake. With this final blow,
Hiranyaksha fell backwards whispering the
name, Vishnu. He sank in the ocean and was lost forever into the
black, watery abyss. Varaha returned to Mother Earth to Brahma and
helped Earth to shape the lands and mountains to sustain life for
humans. This was the creation of Earth as we know it.
