इयत्येतस्मिन्वा निरवधिचमत्कृत्पतिशये

वराहो वा राहुः प्रभवति चमत्कारविषयः ।

महीमेको मनां यदयमवहद्दन्तसलिलैः

शिरःशेषः शत्रुर्निगिलति परं संत्यजति च ॥ ३ ॥

St. III . - This Stanza is rather puzzling . The third line al

ludes to the third Avatara of Vishnu ( for which see Matsya Pu

râņa CCLXVIII . , 63 et seq . ) . The last to eclipses for which

see Matsya Purina CCLI . , 16. - : would be a better read

ing , though the mea ning remains the same . The first two lines

should probably be rendered as follows : - " In this excess of

boundless wonder which is so great , the Varâha or Rahu is prin

cipally the object of wonder . Since the one & c . " I cannot explain

the in af . There must be something wrong in the

Stanza . But only one copy has it , and I can make no conjecture

at a better reading . - S'ikharini .