Assuming the form of a sacrificial boar, effulgent and instinct with the Vedas, ten yojanas in length, with pointed tusks, having the hue of dark clouds, a body huge as a mountain and roaring like the muttering of clouds, the Lord went into the water, raised up the Earth with one of its tusks and replaced it in its proper place.
कृत्वा वराहवपुषं वाङ्मयं वेदसम्मितम्। दशयोजनविस्तीर्णमायतं शतयोजनम्॥ महापर्वतवभिं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्र प्रदीप्तिमत्। महामेघौघनिर्घोषं नीलजीमूतसंनिभम्॥ भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो वै अपः सम्प्राविशत् प्रभुः। दंष्ट्रेणैकेन चोद्धृत्य स्वे स्थाने न्यविशन्महीम्॥