Hindu Mythology: The Creation of the Universe #Part 3

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     The whole universe personified to form the great goddess Adi Shakti. She was so lovely that Brahma became attracted to her and began to chase her everywhere. When she turned into a doe, he turned into a stag. When she turned into a swan, he turned into a gander. He kept turning into the male counterpart of her female form. This is one of the reasons he isn't worshipped today because he is so busy chasing the physical world. Little did he know that she wasn't any ordinary lady, she was THE supreme goddess. She is nature, energy, and life. She was the universe herself, hence Brahma's daughter. But Brahma just couldn't see that because he was so distracted by her beauty.

     Lord Shiva had emerged into existence on his own and was disgusted and infuriated at the sight of Brahma chasing his own daughter. Shakti was his soulmate, and he didn't like that she was being chased simply because of her beauty without any respect at all. So, he threw one of his nails at Brahma and his nail turned into Lord Bhairav. Bhairav is an incarnation of Shiva and is as innocent as he is scary. Bhairav then used his nail to chop off Brahma's 5th head, leaving him with just four as a punishment. Bhairav and Shiva forever used Brahma's skull as a drinking bowl. This gave him the name Kapalika, the skull-bearer. Brahma's 5th head signifies the evil that tries to control you when you try to do bad things.
     After seeing all this, the sons of Brahma asked him why he did this. If he was a supreme being, then why could he not control his desire? Ashamed at hearing this, Brahma cast off his body before returning. This body became the darkness that spreads everywhere, making outer space look black.

     Lord Brahma made Manu the king of the earth. But, Manu asked Brahma to bring the earth out of the cosmic ocean. Brahma didn't know what to do.
     Lord Vishnu has a boar incarnation. His boar incarnation (or Varaha) has 2 forms. One is the red-boar incarnation, and the other is the white-boar incarnation.
     So, Lord Vishnu became the White Boar and came out through Brahma's nose. He then grew until he was the size of the biggest elephant. He dove into the ocean and lifted the earth to the surface with his tusks. He gently placed the earth on the surface of the Garbhodakasayi Ocean. One form of Shakti is the goddess Varahi. She has the head of a boar, just like Varaha. She was tasked with keeping the earth floating and making sure that it never sank into the ocean.
     Lord Vishnu then went to his heavenly abode, known as Vaikuntha, and all living and non-living things bowed to him.

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