Varaha Purana is a Hindu religious text and is considered as one of the major eighteen Puranas. The Varaha Purana narrates the tale of rescuing of the earth from Rasatal by Varaha incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The mode of narration, which has been followed in the Varaha Purana, is the form of narrating the story by Varaha, the third incarnation of Vishnu on the earth. The theme with which the Varaha Purana deals with is about holy places and mantras. The mystical stories about the Mother earth is also the subject of Varaha Purana. It states that the Mother earth prayed to Mahavishnu and that prayer took the form of a goddess. The book of Varaha Purana is compiled with 24000 verses in it. As it has been said, if one copies down this Purana and gives it as gift along with a golden image of Garuda on the full-moon day in the month of Chaitra (April) one will attain Vishnuloka.

The Varaha Purana deals with the different vratas to be performed in order to glorify or eulogize Lord Vishnu. It is also said that the performance of these sacred rites or vratas will lead an individual to attain Vishnuloka.

The chief subject of the Varaha Purana is the rescue of world from Rasatal. In its mode of discussion the Varaha Purana also discusses some other topics with detailed illustration. Mangala Charan, the significant part of the Varaha Purana mainly concerned with the subjects like praying of Narayana by prithvi (earth), tale of the creation, origin of Rudra, Sanatkumar, Marich, etc., tale of Priyavrata, tale of Dashavatar (ten incarnations), tale of Dharma-Vyadha, tale of Suprateek and sighting of Viratroop {colossal appearance), tale of Gaurmukha, Karma related to Shraddha, tale of Prajagana, origin of agni (fire), tale relating greatness of the days, Gauri, destruction of Daksha Yagya, wedding of Har Parvati (popularly known as Shiv Parvati), Ganesha, Naga, Kartikeya, Aditya, killing of Andhakasura, Matrigana, Katyayani, Kumer, Dharma, Rudra, etc. and their origin, tale of Aruni, tales of the days falling in different months, Agastya Geeta, tale of Shubhvrata, tale of Dhanyavrat, dialogue between Narad and Vishnu, methods for expiation, tale of Agastya, geographical description of Jambu dvipa, Kusha dvipa, Kraunch dvipa, etc., tale of Andhakasura`s vrata, etc., origin of Vaishnava, killing of Mahishasura, ritual of Kapalik vrata, dialogue between Prithvi and Sanatkumar, dialogue between Narayana and Prithvi etc.

The Varaha Purana primarily depicts the earthly matters and gives illustration of the miseries and happiness in the earth. Several tales in this Purana are composed in a way, which differentiates between sorrow and happiness in the mortal world. Moreover the Varaha Purana describe 12 kinds of crime, penance to destroy the sins, methods and ritualistic sacrifices of Vishnu worship in the evening, description of Sanatan dharma, description of illusion, description of the karma for salvation, history of Gridhra and Shringali, dialogue between Chandal and Brahmarakshasas, greatness of Kokamukh, greatness of Badrikashrama, greatness of Mathurakshetra, greatness of Shalgram, tale of Shalankayank, greatness of Lohargalam, Panchar kslutra, Vishran tirth and Devavana, worship of Lord Vishnu at the confluence of Yamuna-Saraswati, greatness of Krishna-Ganga, tale related to Samba, significance and implication of Dwadashi vrata in Rama Tirth, rituals and sacrament ceremony of installing different kinds of idols, description of the origin of Shraddha, methods of removing impurities, Medhatithi Pitrasambad, kinds of Pindasankalpa, ritual of Madhupark, kinds of Madhupark donations. The significance of these Vratas and sacrifices are all described in the Varaha Purana. It is said in this Purana that the miserable mortal existence will be relieved only after the strong penance and performance of Vratas relating to the worship of Lord Vishnu.

The Varaha Purana deals with the Kali Yug in earth in general. Hence it has the thorough description of mortal existence, its destruction and ultimately its journey to the Yamalok. In this Purana there is found the detailed description of the appearance of Yama as the authority of the Yamalok, description of the court of Yama, description of the fate met by sinners, description of hell, description of the appearance of Yamadoot, description of Chitragupt`s effect, directions by Chitragupt for expiation, indications by Chitragupt of the fruits of auspicious-inauspicious karmas, description of Pativrat, dialogue between Yama and Narad, greatness of Prabodhini, description of the greatness of Gokarneshwar, granting of boon by Nandikeshwar, description of greatness of Jaleshwar and description of the greatness of Shringeshwar.

The Varaha Purana in essential depicts the sinful mortal existence in the Kali Yug, which led the god created earth to Rasatal. The human beings due to the sins have to suffer the inevitable and inescable atonement. The verses of the Varaha Purana, depicting the significance of vratas lead the mortals to perform hard penitence, to get rid of their agonized existence in the Kali Yug.