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Vishnu Purana
Stories from all six books of the Vishnu Purana
56 readings
In the Beginning · Book 1 · 6 stories
- Maitreya Asks, and Parasara Lets Go His Anger · Vishnu Purana 1.1
- Vishnu Alone, Before the World · Vishnu Purana 1.2
- The Egg of Brahma · Vishnu Purana 1.2.2
- Varaha Lifts the Earth · Vishnu Purana 1.4
- Those Who Would Not Create · Vishnu Purana 1.7
- Rudra Weeps for a Name · Vishnu Purana 1.8
The Churning · Book 1 · 3 stories
- Durvasa's Garland · Vishnu Purana 1.9
- The Ocean Is Churned · Vishnu Purana 1.9.2
- Lakshmi Chooses Vishnu · Vishnu Purana 1.9.3
Dhruva · Book 1 · 4 stories
- The Stepmother's Words · Vishnu Purana 1.11
- Dhruva Meets the Seven Sages · Vishnu Purana 1.11.2
- The Five-Year-Old's Penance · Vishnu Purana 1.12
- The Pole Star · Vishnu Purana 1.12.2
Prithu and the Earth · Book 1 · 3 stories
- Vena's Wickedness · Vishnu Purana 1.13
- Prithu Is Crowned · Vishnu Purana 1.13.2
- Prithu Milks the Earth · Vishnu Purana 1.13.3
Prahlada · Book 1 · 6 stories
- The Boy Who Would Not Stop Saying the Name · Vishnu Purana 1.17
- Serpents and Elephants · Vishnu Purana 1.17.2
- What Prahlada Told the Daitya Boys · Vishnu Purana 1.17.3
- Poison, and a Fire That Would Not Burn · Vishnu Purana 1.18
- Thrown from the Palace · Vishnu Purana 1.19
- Vishnu Appears to Prahlada · Vishnu Purana 1.19.2
The Worlds · Book 2 · 3 stories
- Priyavrata's Sons, and the Land Named Bharata · Vishnu Purana 2.1
- The Seven Continents and Mount Meru · Vishnu Purana 2.2
- The Sun's Chariot · Vishnu Purana 2.8
Jada Bharata · Book 2 · 4 stories
- The King and the Fawn · Vishnu Purana 2.13
- The Palanquin · Vishnu Purana 2.13.2
- What the Bearer Told the King · Vishnu Purana 2.13.3
- Ribhu and Nidagha · Vishnu Purana 2.15
The Lines of Kings · Book 4 · 14 stories
- Ila, Who Was Sudyumna · Vishnu Purana 4.1
- Saubhari and the Fifty Princesses · Vishnu Purana 4.2
- Bahu in Exile, and the Birth of Sagara · Vishnu Purana 4.3
- Sagara's Sons and the Ganges · Vishnu Purana 4.4
- Kalmashapada, the King Who Became a Rakshasa · Vishnu Purana 4.4.2
- Khatwanga's Hour, and Rama · Vishnu Purana 4.4.3
- Nimi and Janaka · Vishnu Purana 4.5
- Soma Carries Off Tara · Vishnu Purana 4.6
- Pururavas and Urvasi · Vishnu Purana 4.6.2
- Richika's Bride · Vishnu Purana 4.7
- Yayati's Old Age · Vishnu Purana 4.10
- Kartavirya · Vishnu Purana 4.11
- Santanu, Bhishma and the Kuru Line · Vishnu Purana 4.20
- The Kings of the Kali Age · Vishnu Purana 4.24
The Krishna Book · Book 5 · 8 stories
- Kansa Is Told of His Death · Vishnu Purana 5.1
- Kalayavana and the Cave of Muchukunda · Vishnu Purana 5.23
- Jambavat and the Syamantaka Jewel · Vishnu Purana 4.13
- Usha and Aniruddha · Vishnu Purana 5.32
- Paundraka's False Discus · Vishnu Purana 5.34
- Balarama Drags Hastinapur · Vishnu Purana 5.35
- The Mace Fight at Prabhasa · Vishnu Purana 5.37
- Arjuna Loses His Bow · Vishnu Purana 5.38
The End of Things · Books 3 and 6 · 5 stories
- The Deluder and the Daityas · Vishnu Purana 3.17
- The Signs of the Kali Age · Vishnu Purana 6.1
- The Four Dissolutions · Vishnu Purana 6.3
- Kesidhwaja Teaches Khandikya · Vishnu Purana 6.6
- How the Purana Came Down · Vishnu Purana 6.8
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