In a time long past, for the sake of Bhūmi-pirāṭṭi, who was enveloped in moss, the resplendent Thiruvaranganāthan, the revered Lord of Śrīraṅgam, assumed the form of Varāha (the wild boar). He did so without regard for His divine appearance, besmirched with mud and with water cascading from His form as He entered the ocean to uplift Bhūmi-pirāṭṭi. The sacred utterances