Narakasura, the fearsome asura lord of Pragjyotishpura, was born from the union of Varaha and Bhudevi — a demon son of the divine boar and the earth, whose tyranny would later require Krishna to intervene at his own mother Bhudevi's plea.
⚠ Some Puranic traditions attribute Narakasura's parentage to Vishnu and Bhudevi broadly rather than specifically to the Varaha avatara. The Bhagavata Purana (10.59) names Bhudevi as mother without specifying the father's form.
Varaha is Vishnu's third avatar, the cosmic boar who dove into the primordial waters to rescue the earth goddess Bhudevi after the demon Hiranyaksha had dragged her into the depths.
Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, battled Hiranyaksha for a thousand celestial years at the bottom of the cosmic ocean and slew the demon with a blow of his mace, then raised the drowned Earth back to the surface on his tusks.
Varaha is the third avatar of the Dashavatara, the colossal boar who plunged into the primordial ocean to rescue the earth from the demon Hiranyaksha and restore the world to its rightful place.
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