Mother Earth and Krishna II - Diwali

                           Mother Earth and Diwali

The demon Hiranyaksha had absconded with the Goddess Earth and dragged her to the nether regions of Rasatala in the ocean. Vishnu incarnated as Varaha and descended to the oceans and rescued Mother Earth from the vile demon. As Varaha(Vishnu) and Mother Earth rose from the murky depths the love between them was so intense that they began a divine coupling like eagles in flight.

After they had risen from the ocean, their enraptured union caused mountains, hills and valleys to form on the flat Earth. With the essence of the divine goddess permeating his aura, Varaha thrust his tusks into the earth causing plants and trees of all forms to spring forth. But an unforeseen consequence of their copulation in the shadowy depths of the ocean was that the demon Naraka was born.

Naraka craved ultimate power and command over all, so he embarked on extreme austerities to obtain them. After many decades, he had done so much penance that Brahma appeared before him. Reluctantly, Brahma approached the unscrupulous yogi and spoke, “ You have done an innumerable amount of austerities, I will thus grant you any desire you wish.”  Naraka commanded, “ Great Brahma, I wish to be invincible and unconquerable. I wish to never fall at the hands of death.”

Brahma replied, “ This is against the laws of nature. I will make you invincible, except that you can die under one condition – if it is at the hands of your own mother Goddess Earth”

Almost immediately upon receiving his divine boon, Naraka embarked on a reign of terror. He and his thugs went to and fro murdering, pillaging and causing great distress to women.

 

Naraka and Krishna-Wiki

One of the wives of Krishna was Satyabhama. No one realized, but she was secretly the incarnation of the Goddess Earth. 

During a fierce engagement with Naraka's army on the battlefield, Krishna asked Satyabhama to hold the reigns of his chariot while he journeyed to battle Naraka. Satyabhama was not inclined to battle, but when an arrow from Naraka struck Krishna’s armor, he feigned that he had been felled. Satyabhama, in a rare show of anger to protect her saintly husband, grabbed Krishna’s bow and with a single shot quickly pierced Naraka with an arrow.

Thus, the invincible demon Naraka was vanquished by his mother the Goddess Earth in the form of Satyabhama. The second day of the holiday Diwali, Naraka Chaturdasi celebrates the extinction of this demon at the hands of the Goddess Earth.

Prithvi 14 century

~~~It is said that the Adi Varaha Purana was transmitted directly to Bhu Devi from Aavatar Varaha. Vyasa was said to have written it down.~~~

Prithvi - Rig Veda

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