INDIAN SCHOOL, PAHARI STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu, appears from Brahma's nostril after the earth is inundated by a flood.
c. 1810RCIN 925226
In Book Three of the Bhagavata Purana, the demon Hiranyaksha steals the earth and drags her deep into the cosmic ocean. As Brahma (the creator god) contemplates how to retrieve her, Varaha (the boar incarnation of Vishnu) appears out of his nostril.