BhU devi's sthuthi and the manthram that She uses to

worship Yaj~na VarAha mUrthy are found in Srimadh

BhAgavatham ( 5.18.39 and 35 respectively ) .
Her prayer takes on this form :
pramathya dhaithyam prathivAraNam mrughE
yO maam rasayaa JagadhAdhisUkara: I
kruthvOgra dhamshtrE niragAdhudanvatha:
kreetan nivEpa: praNathAsmi tham vibhum II
I salute that Yaj~na VarAha Moorthy , who is the cause of this Universe , who to
ok the form of a Boar and lifted me up from the waters
of pralayam and placed me on His tusk and came out of the waters like a powerful
elephant and killed the offending enemy (HiraNyAkshan )
like destroying an opposing elephant as though it was an effortless sport . To t
hat Omnipotent Lord are my salutations .
The Manthram for Yajna VarAha mUrthy used by BhUmi dEvi is :
Om Namo BhagavathE manthralingAya
yaj~na krathavE mahAdhvarAvayyavAya
mahA purushAya nama:karma sukhlAya
thriyugAya namasthE
To Thee My Lord , who is OmkAra SvarUpi , One who is revealed by the Veda Manthr
As ,One who is the form of Yaj~nam and Krathu , One who has all the Yaj~nAs as l
imbs of Your sareeram ,One who is karma suddhar , One who is of the form of the
three yugAs , to that ONE who is Bhagavaan ,
my profound salutations .
Swami Sri Desikan's salutation to the gigantic
form of the VarAha PerumAn in this rahasyam is
as follows :
kkApi kalpaanthavEsanthE kuradhagnE samruddhathAm
vahathE mEdhinimusthAm mahathE POthriNE nama :
(Meaning ) : The deep ocean of the ocean during
the MahA PraLyam times was equal to the dimension of
one hoof of the gigantic Varaha PerumAn , who lifted BhUmi
Piraati out of that Ocean like lifting a tuber ( kOraik Kizhangu )
from those waters and placed Her on His immense tusk .
I salute that BhUmiVarAhan , the MahA POthrin .
Concluding prayer of Swami Desikan to BhU VarAhan:
Swami Desikan concludes his elaborate commentary with a
moving prayer:
kaalE prApthE karaNavilayAth kaashta paashaNa kalpAn
Naatha: POthrI nayathu krupayaa naathitha: kam padham na:
(meaning ) : When the time of physical death approaches ,
and when our limbs have lost their power and when we are
in a state of unconsciousness equal to that of a stone or
a log , then may Lord VarAhan in response to our earlier
saraNAgathi have mercy on us and lead us to His Parama Padham .
Jn~anap Piraan ThgiruvdigaLE SaraNam
Bhumi Devi ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
2) Thriruvaimozhi: 2.8.7: KezhalAi --.
The description of the Lord entering the praLayA waters and bringing up His cons

ort on His tusk as well as His embracing Her with His broad shoulders after reun
ion is covered here.
3) Thiruvaimozhi: 7.4.3: NaanRil yEzh maNNUM
The marvellous feet of the Lord lifting Bhumi dEvi on His tusk without dislocati
ng the saptha parvathams and the saptha dhveepams are saluted here.
4) Thiruvaimozhi 10.10.7: Neelavarai iraNdu piRai kavvi
Here NammAhzwAr visualizes the Lord as a Blue Mountain adorned by two crescent m
oons (tusks) and holding His consort on one Of them and emerging out of the Ocea
n . This decription is based on the VishNu purANa vaakhyams : samutthithO neela
ivAchalO mahAn5) Thiruvaimozhi :7.5.5--Understanding of the VarAhAvathAram as the redeeming on
e for one's salvation .
6) Periya Thirumozhi :2.6.3
( Thirukkadanmallai Paasuram ): yEnatthinuruvAhi-AzhwAr sautes EmperumAn as : " Jn~Anatthin oLi uruvai " as the embodiment of the
guiding light of Jn~Anam .
7) Periya Thriumozhi: 4.4.8( Thirut Therriyampalam )
Here Meru mountain is visualized as reaching upto the Gigantic body of VarAha Pe
rumAn as He rose out of the water.
9) Periya Thirumozhi: 7.8.4 ( TherazhundUr Paasuram )
Description of BhUVarAha SvarUpam is saluted here .
10) Periya Thirumozhi : 11.4.3 ( Celebration of DasAvathArams ) Here AzhwAr salu
tes VarAha PirAN as " nammai aaLum arasu " .
11) Poygai : Mudal ThiruvanthAdhi: paasuram 91 Salutation to Jn~Anac chudar , Va
rAha PirAn

yada samharate cayam

kurmo nganiva sarvasah
indriyanindriyarthebhyas
tasya prajna pratisthita
Translation
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws
its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness.
This sloka is very auspiscious because when a devotee hears kurmo
h ,he remembers Lord Kurma:

nganiva sarvasa

tatrapi devasambhutyam vairjasyabhavat sutah

ajito nama bhagavan amsena jagatah patih
payodhim yena nirmathya suranam sadhita sudha
bhramamano mbhasi dhrtah Kurma-rupena mandarah
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.5.9 -10)
In the sixth manvantara, a manifested form of Lord Visnu named Ajita appeared as
the son of Vairja from the womb of Devasambhti. Lord Ajita caused the churning of
the Ocean of Milk and produced nectar for the demigods. In the form of a tortoi
se, He held the great mountain known as Mandara on His back in the ocean.
prstha bhramyad amanda-mandara-giri-gavagra-kanduyanan
nidraloh kamathanater bhagavatah svasanilah pantu vah

yat-samskara-kalamuvartana-vasad vela-nibhenambhasam
yatayatam atandritam jala-nidher nadyapi visramyati
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.13.2)
May you all be protected by the winds caused by Lord Kurma s breathing in His sleep
y condition, which was due to the pleasure derived from the scratching of His ba
ck by the sharp-edged stones lying on massive whirling Mandara Mountain. Those i
nhalations and exhalations are still present in the form of ocean tides that nev
er cease.