If you try to read the puranas and other pieces of traditional literature of India--these are partly history partly fictional partly secular partly religious-- you will discover that when there is a decline in righteousness on earth, it's weight would increase to unbearable levels and mother earth would suffer and become incapable of maintaining her balance. For relief, she would approach the supreme Lord and controller-call him narayana or shiva or by any name you would prefer-and on her request the Lord would incarnate on earth in some form, would annihilate the evil and would restore the balance. Sambhavami yuge yuge.. Tad aatmaanam srujaamyaham.. Paritraanaaya sadoonan vinashaaya cha dushkrutaan dharma samsthaapanaarthaaya.
The description in puranas might be symbolic and formal.
However, it is a fact that if you torture the earth and make her cry in pain you will be punished severely.
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