Kalika Purana — Chapter 29

KaP 29.1

कालिकापुराणम् एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः वाराहशङ्करसंवादः अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २९ ।। ऋषयः ऊचुः ।। ये सृष्टाः शम्भुना पूर्वं भूतग्रामाश्चतुर्विधाः । किमर्थं समुत्पन्नाः कथं वानेकरूपता

kālikāpurāṇam ekonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ vārāhaśaṅkarasaṃvādaḥ atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 29 || ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ || ye sṛṣṭāḥ śambhunā pūrvaṃ bhūtagrāmāścaturvidhāḥ | kimarthaṃ samutpannāḥ kathaṃ vānekarūpatā

The Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter twenty-nine: the dialogue of the Boar and Śaṅkara. Now Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 29. The sages said: Those fourfold hosts of beings that were created formerly by Śambhu—for what purpose did they come into being, and how (did they come to have) their many forms?

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KaP 29.2

शरीरमर्द्ध वाराहमर्द्ध दन्ताबलं तथा । सिंहव्याघ्रशरीराच्च केचित्केचिद्गणाधिपाः

śarīramarddha vārāhamarddha dantābalaṃ tathā | siṃhavyāghraśarīrācca kecitkecidgaṇādhipāḥ

Some (had) a body half boar, half elephant-tusked; and some of the troop-leaders (had bodies) made from the bodies of lions and tigers.

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KaP 29.3

कथं ते वा गणाः क्रूराः किं भोगास्ते महौजसः । एतत् सर्वं वयं श्रोतुमिच्छामो द्विजसत्तम

kathaṃ te vā gaṇāḥ krūrāḥ kiṃ bhogāste mahaujasaḥ | etat sarvaṃ vayaṃ śrotumicchāmo dvijasattama

And how are those troops cruel? What are the enjoyments of those greatly vigorous ones? All this we wish to hear, O best of the twice-born.

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KaP 29.4

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। शृण्वन्तु मुनयः सर्वे यथा शम्भुगणाभवन् । यदर्थं ते समुत्पन्ना यस्मात्ते नैकरूपिणः

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve yathā śambhugaṇābhavan | yadarthaṃ te samutpannā yasmātte naikarūpiṇaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let all the sages hear how Śambhu's troops came to be, for what purpose they arose, and why they are not of one form.

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KaP 29.5

एतद्वः परमं गुह्यमिदं धर्मार्थकामदम् । एतद् हि परमं तेजः सततं परमं तपः

etadvaḥ paramaṃ guhyamidaṃ dharmārthakāmadam | etad hi paramaṃ tejaḥ satataṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ

This is for you the supreme secret; this bestows dharma, wealth, and pleasure. This indeed is the highest splendour, ever the highest austerity.

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KaP 29.6

इदं श्रुत्वा महाख्यानं परत्रेह न सीदति । यशस्यं धर्म्यमायुष्यं तुष्टिपुष्टिप्रदं परम्

idaṃ śrutvā mahākhyānaṃ paratreha na sīdati | yaśasyaṃ dharmyamāyuṣyaṃ tuṣṭipuṣṭipradaṃ param

Having heard this great narrative, one does not sink here or in the hereafter; it brings fame, is in accord with dharma, gives long life, and is the highest giver of contentment and increase.

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KaP 29.7

आदिसर्गेऽथ वाराहे सम्पूर्णे मुनिसत्तमाः । शङ्करः प्राह सर्वेशं वाराहं जगतां पतिम्

ādisarge'tha vārāhe sampūrṇe munisattamāḥ | śaṅkaraḥ prāha sarveśaṃ vārāhaṃ jagatāṃ patim

Then, O best of sages, when the first creation in the Boar (aeon) was complete, Śaṅkara spoke to the Boar, lord of all, master of the worlds.

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KaP 29.8

।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। यदर्थं भवता रूपं वाराहं कल्पितं विभो । तत्ते पूर्णं कृतं पृथ्वी यथावत् स्थापिता त्वया

|| īśvara uvāca || yadarthaṃ bhavatā rūpaṃ vārāhaṃ kalpitaṃ vibho | tatte pūrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ pṛthvī yathāvat sthāpitā tvayā

The Lord said: The purpose for which you fashioned the boar form, O mighty one, that has been fulfilled by you; the earth has been established by you as it should be.

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KaP 29.9

सागराणां च संस्थानं नदीनां च तथा क्षितेः । सृष्टिर्ब्रह्मकृता चापि संजाता त्वत्प्रसादतः

sāgarāṇāṃ ca saṃsthānaṃ nadīnāṃ ca tathā kṣiteḥ | sṛṣṭirbrahmakṛtā cāpi saṃjātā tvatprasādataḥ

And the fixing in place of the oceans and the rivers and of the earth, and also the creation made by Brahmā, has come about through your grace.

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KaP 29.10

त्वं हि सर्वमयो यज्ञमयस्तेजोमयस्तथा । गुरूणामथ सर्वेषां त्वं गुरुस्त्वं परात्परः

tvaṃ hi sarvamayo yajñamayastejomayastathā | gurūṇāmatha sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ gurustvaṃ parātparaḥ

For you are made of all, made of sacrifice, and made of splendour; you are the guru of all gurus, you are higher than the highest.

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KaP 29.11

त्वां वोढुं न क्षमा पृथ्वी विशीर्णेव जगत्पते । यन्त्रिता शैलसङ्घातैर्भवता स्थापितैः पुरा

tvāṃ voḍhuṃ na kṣamā pṛthvī viśīrṇeva jagatpate | yantritā śailasaṅghātairbhavatā sthāpitaiḥ purā

The earth is not able to bear you, O lord of the world—she is as if crumbling, (though) held fast by the masses of mountains formerly set in place by you.

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KaP 29.12

तस्मात्त्वं त्यज वाराहं शरीरं जगतां पतेः । जगन्मयं जगद्रूपं जगत्कारणकारणम्

tasmāttvaṃ tyaja vārāhaṃ śarīraṃ jagatāṃ pateḥ | jaganmayaṃ jagadrūpaṃ jagatkāraṇakāraṇam

Therefore give up that boar body of yours, O lord of the worlds—(the body) made of the world, having the world as its form, the cause of the world's cause.

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KaP 29.13

कस्त्वां चान्यः क्षमो वोढुं वाराहं ते वपुर्विभो । विशेषतस्त्वया पृथ्वी सकामा धार्षिता जले । स्त्रीधर्मिणी त्वत्तेजोभिः साधाद्गर्भं च दारुणम्

kastvāṃ cānyaḥ kṣamo voḍhuṃ vārāhaṃ te vapurvibho | viśeṣatastvayā pṛthvī sakāmā dhārṣitā jale | strīdharmiṇī tvattejobhiḥ sādhādgarbhaṃ ca dāruṇam

And who else is able to bear you — that boar body of yours, O pervading lord? Above all, the earth was forcibly taken by you in the water while she was willing, and, being in her courses, by your fiery energies she at once conceived a dreadful embryo.

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KaP 29.14

रजस्वला क्षमा गर्भं यमाधत्त जगत्पते । तस्माद्यस्तनयो भावी सोऽप्यादास्यति दुर्यशः

rajasvalā kṣamā garbhaṃ yamādhatta jagatpate | tasmādyastanayo bhāvī so'pyādāsyati duryaśaḥ

The earth, being in her menstrual period, conceived the embryo, O lord of the world; therefore the son who is to come, he too will take on ill repute.

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KaP 29.15

एष प्राप्यासुरं भावं देवगन्धर्वहिंसकः । भविष्यतीति लोकेशः प्राह मां दक्षसन्निधौ

eṣa prāpyāsuraṃ bhāvaṃ devagandharvahiṃsakaḥ | bhaviṣyatīti lokeśaḥ prāha māṃ dakṣasannidhau

"He, acquiring a demonic nature, will become a destroyer of gods and gandharvas" — so the lord of the worlds told me in Dakṣa's presence.

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KaP 29.16

मलिनीरतिसंजातं दुष्टन्तेऽनिष्टकारकम् । कामुकं त्यज लोकेश वाराहं कायमीदृशम्

malinīratisaṃjātaṃ duṣṭante'niṣṭakārakam | kāmukaṃ tyaja lokeśa vārāhaṃ kāyamīdṛśam

Abandon, O lord of the worlds, such a boar body — born of impure lovemaking, working harm in its corrupt outcome, and lustful.

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KaP 29.17

त्वमेव शृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारको लोकभावनः । काले प्राप्ते स्थितिं सृष्टिं संहारं च करिष्यसि

tvameva śṛṣṭisthityantakārako lokabhāvanaḥ | kāle prāpte sthitiṃ sṛṣṭiṃ saṃhāraṃ ca kariṣyasi

You alone are the maker of creation, preservation, and end, the bringer-forth of the worlds; when the time comes you will carry out preservation, creation, and dissolution.

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KaP 29.18

तस्माल्लोकहितार्थाय त्यक्त्वा कायं महाबल । काले प्राप्ते पुनस्त्वन्यं कायं पोत्रं करिष्यसि

tasmāllokahitārthāya tyaktvā kāyaṃ mahābala | kāle prāpte punastvanyaṃ kāyaṃ potraṃ kariṣyasi

Therefore, for the good of the worlds, having abandoned this body, O mighty one, when the time comes you will again make another body, a boar's, (with a snout).

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KaP 29.19

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शङ्करस्य महात्मनः । वाराहमूर्तिर्भगवान् महादेवमुवाच ह

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ | vārāhamūrtirbhagavān mahādevamuvāca ha

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of the great-souled Śaṅkara, the Blessed One in boar form spoke to Mahādeva.

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KaP 29.20

।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। करिष्येऽहं तव वचस्त्वं यथात्थमहेश्वर । इमं तु यज्ञवाराहं कायं त्यक्ष्ये न संशयः

|| śrībhagavānuvāca || kariṣye'haṃ tava vacastvaṃ yathātthamaheśvara | imaṃ tu yajñavārāhaṃ kāyaṃ tyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: I shall do as you say, O Maheśvara, just as you have spoken; I shall abandon this sacrificial-boar body, there is no doubt.

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KaP 29.21

काले प्राप्ते पुनस्त्वन्यं कायं वाराहमद्भुतम् । करिष्येऽहं दुराधर्षं लोकानां भावनाय वै

kāle prāpte punastvanyaṃ kāyaṃ vārāhamadbhutam | kariṣye'haṃ durādharṣaṃ lokānāṃ bhāvanāya vai

When the time comes I shall again make another body, a wondrous boar's, hard to assail, for the sustaining of the worlds.

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KaP 29.22

।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा स महाकायस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । जगत्गुरुर्जगत्स्रष्टा जगद्धाता जगत्पतिः

|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sa mahākāyastatraivāntaradhīyata | jagatgururjagatsraṣṭā jagaddhātā jagatpatiḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, that one of huge body vanished on that very spot — the teacher of the world, the creator of the world, the upholder of the world, the lord of the world.

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KaP 29.23

तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते देवे देवदेवो महेश्वरः । निजं स्थानं देवगणैः स्वगणैश्च जगाम ह

tasminnantarhite deve devadevo maheśvaraḥ | nijaṃ sthānaṃ devagaṇaiḥ svagaṇaiśca jagāma ha

When that god had vanished, Maheśvara, the god of gods, went to his own abode with the hosts of gods and with his own troops.

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KaP 29.24

वाराहोऽपि स्वयं गत्वा लोकालोकाह्वयं गिरिम् । वाराह्या सह रेमे स पृथिव्या चारुरूपया

vārāho'pi svayaṃ gatvā lokālokāhvayaṃ girim | vārāhyā saha reme sa pṛthivyā cārurūpayā

The boar too, going by himself to the mountain named Lokāloka, took his pleasure with the boar-sow, the earth of lovely form.

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KaP 29.25

स तया रममाणस्तु सुचिरं पर्वतोत्तमे । नावाप तोषं लोकेशःपोत्री परमकामुकः

sa tayā ramamāṇastu suciraṃ parvatottame | nāvāpa toṣaṃ lokeśaḥpotrī paramakāmukaḥ

But taking his pleasure with her for a very long time on that best of mountains, the lord of the worlds, the boar, extremely lustful, did not reach satisfaction.

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KaP 29.26

पृथिव्याः पोत्रीरूपाया रमयन्त्यास्ततः सुताः । त्रयो जाता द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तेषां नामानि मे शृणु

pṛthivyāḥ potrīrūpāyā ramayantyāstataḥ sutāḥ | trayo jātā dvijaśreṣṭhāsteṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu

Then from the earth in sow-form, as she gave him pleasure, sons — three — were born, O best of the twice-born; hear their names from me.

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KaP 29.27

सुवृत्तः कनको घोरः सर्व एव महाबलाः

suvṛttaḥ kanako ghoraḥ sarva eva mahābalāḥ

Suvṛtta, Kanaka, Ghora — all of them of great strength.

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KaP 29.28

शिशवस्ते मेरुपृष्ठे काञ्चने वप्रसंस्तरे । रेमिरेऽन्योन्यसंसक्ता गह्वरेषु सरः सु च

śiśavaste merupṛṣṭhe kāñcane vaprasaṃstare | remire'nyonyasaṃsaktā gahvareṣu saraḥ su ca

Those young ones sported on the back of Meru, on the golden spread of its ridges, clinging to one another, in the caverns and in the lakes.

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KaP 29.29

स तैः पुत्रैः परिवृतो वाराहो भार्यया स्वया । रममाणस्तदा कायत्यागं नैवागणद्विजाः

sa taiḥ putraiḥ parivṛto vārāho bhāryayā svayā | ramamāṇastadā kāyatyāgaṃ naivāgaṇadvijāḥ

Surrounded by those sons and by his own wife, the boar, taking his pleasure then, gave no thought at all to abandoning the body, O twice-born ones.

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KaP 29.30

कदाचिच्चिशुभिस्तैस्तु संश्लिष्ट: कर्दमान्तरे । चकार कर्दमक्रीडां भार्यया च महाबलः

kadācicciśubhistaistu saṃśliṣṭa: kardamāntare | cakāra kardamakrīḍāṃ bhāryayā ca mahābalaḥ

Once, pressed close together with those young ones in the midst of the mud, the mighty one made mud-sport, and with his wife too.

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KaP 29.31

सपंकलेपः शुशुभे वराहो मधुपिंगलः । सन्ध्याघनो यथातोयं क्षरंस्तोयं तथाविधः

sapaṃkalepaḥ śuśubhe varāho madhupiṃgalaḥ | sandhyāghano yathātoyaṃ kṣaraṃstoyaṃ tathāvidhaḥ

Smeared with mud, the boar, tawny as honey, shone like a twilight cloud shedding water — of that sort was he.

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KaP 29.32

स पुत्रैः परमप्रीतो भार्यया च पृथिव्यया । विरुजं धरणीं रेमे मध्यनिम्नाथ साभवत्

sa putraiḥ paramaprīto bhāryayā ca pṛthivyayā | virujaṃ dharaṇīṃ reme madhyanimnātha sābhavat

Greatly delighted with his sons and with his wife the earth, he sported, crushing the earth; and then she became sunken in the middle.

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KaP 29.33

अनन्तोऽपि समाक्रम्य कूर्मं स पृथिवीतले । हरिं वहन् भग्नशिराः सातंकोऽभूत्प्रपीडया

ananto'pi samākramya kūrmaṃ sa pṛthivītale | hariṃ vahan bhagnaśirāḥ sātaṃko'bhūtprapīḍayā

Ananta too, trampling upon the tortoise there on the earth's floor, while bearing Hari, had his head crushed and became distressed by the pressure.

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KaP 29.34

सुवृत्तेन स्वर्णवप्रं घोरेण कनकेन च । विदारितं पोत्रघातैः स्वर्णभग्नात् कृतं समम्

suvṛttena svarṇavapraṃ ghoreṇa kanakena ca | vidāritaṃ potraghātaiḥ svarṇabhagnāt kṛtaṃ samam

By Suvṛtta and by terrible Kanaka the golden rampart was torn open with blows of their snouts; by the breaking of the gold it was levelled.

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KaP 29.35

मेरुपृष्ठे यानि यानि सौवर्णानि द्विजोत्तमाः । रचितानि सुरैर्यनात्तानि भग्नानि तत्सुतैः

merupṛṣṭhe yāni yāni sauvarṇāni dvijottamāḥ | racitāni surairyanāttāni bhagnāni tatsutaiḥ

Whatever golden things there were on Meru's back, O best of brahmins, fashioned by the gods, those were seized and broken by his sons.

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KaP 29.36

मानसादीनि देवानां सरांसि शिशवोऽथ ते । आविलानि तदा चक्रुः पोत्रधातैः समन्ततः

mānasādīni devānāṃ sarāṃsi śiśavo'tha te | āvilāni tadā cakruḥ potradhātaiḥ samantataḥ

And then those young ones made the lakes of the gods, Mānasa and the rest, turbid all around with the strokes of their snouts.

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KaP 29.37

पृथिवीवनितारूपा रमयामास पोत्रिणम् । स्थावरेण तु रूपेण दुःखमाप्नोति वै दृढम्

pṛthivīvanitārūpā ramayāmāsa potriṇam | sthāvareṇa tu rūpeṇa duḥkhamāpnoti vai dṛḍham

In the form of a woman, the Earth gave pleasure to the boar; but in her immovable form she indeed suffers acute pain.

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KaP 29.38

सागराश्च सुवृत्ताद्यैरवगाह्य समन्ततः । विकीर्णरत्न: पोत्रौधैः सर्व एवाकुलीकृताः

sāgarāśca suvṛttādyairavagāhya samantataḥ | vikīrṇaratna: potraudhaiḥ sarva evākulīkṛtāḥ

And the oceans, plunged into on every side by Suvṛtta and the others, their jewels scattered by the thrusts of their snouts, were every one of them thrown into turmoil.

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KaP 29.39

इतस्ततश्च शिशुभिः क्रीडद्धिः पोत्रिभिस्तदा । जगन्ति तत्र भग्नानि नद्यः कल्पद्रुमास्तथा

itastataśca śiśubhiḥ krīḍaddhiḥ potribhistadā | jaganti tatra bhagnāni nadyaḥ kalpadrumāstathā

And then, as the young boars played here and there, the worlds there were broken, and the rivers and the wish-fulfilling trees as well.

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KaP 29.40

जानन्नपि जगद्धर्ता वराहः स्वयमेव हि । जगत्पीड़ां सुतस्नेहाद्वारयामास नैव तान्

jānannapi jagaddhartā varāhaḥ svayameva hi | jagatpīḍa़āṃ sutasnehādvārayāmāsa naiva tān

Though he knew it, the boar, himself the very upholder of the world, out of affection for his sons did not restrain them from afflicting the world.

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KaP 29.41

सुवृत्तः कनको घोरो यदागच्छति वै दिवम् । तदा देवगणाः भीताः प्राद्रवन्ति दिशो दश

suvṛttaḥ kanako ghoro yadāgacchati vai divam | tadā devagaṇāḥ bhītāḥ prādravanti diśo daśa

When Suvṛtta, Kanaka and Ghora come to heaven, then the hosts of gods, terrified, run off in the ten directions.

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KaP 29.42

एवं सुतैर्भाया यज्ञपोत्री क्रीडंस्तुष्टिं नाप काञ्चित् कदाचित् । नित्यं नित्यं वर्ध तस्य कामः कायं त्यक्तुं नैच्छदेष प्रदिष्टः

evaṃ sutairbhāyā yajñapotrī krīḍaṃstuṣṭiṃ nāpa kāñcit kadācit | nityaṃ nityaṃ vardha tasya kāmaḥ kāyaṃ tyaktuṃ naicchadeṣa pradiṣṭaḥ

Thus the sacrificial boar, playing with his sons and his wife, never at any time attained any satiety; day after day his desire grew, and he did not wish to give up that body, though he had been directed (to do so).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain