Varah Purana

by B. K. Chaturvedi

Puranas are almost like an encyclopaedia listing the human achievements in this part of the world till the time they were edited or compiled. In every cycle of time the master editor called Vedavyas emerges to edit, vet and compile these records. Their significance is enormous even in the present, as they give a peep into the distant past of Hindus when the world was evolving and the psyche of the race was being formed.  These Puranas record the arguments that make us to decide as to what is holy and what is vile; what is good and what is bad. By going through them we can compare our present day jurisprudence vis--vis the ancient norms. Apart from that, they are a huge store-house of information conceiving every subject under the sun. It is with the view of unearthing these gems that the present series of the puranas has been planned. Hearing, reading, reciting Varaha Purana destroys ones sins, liberates one and assuages the minds sufferings. It also yields sons and grandsons. When Varaha Purana is heard in a Teertha it bestows much greater punya than received by hearing it at any other place. Reading one chapter of the Varaha Purana grants the same amount of Punya as can be obtained by donating to a Brahmin a healthy cow. One gets the reward received by performing a huge yagya (sacrifice) if one reads ten chapters of this Purana. He, who reads, listens or arranges the recital of this Purana becomes beloved of Lord Narayana immediately.