Narratives from the Bhavishya Purāṇa

The Bhavishya Purāṇa holds many narratives. The pages below retell them one by one in simple English, each with the chapters it comes from.

Ālhā and Udal

The Bhavishya Purāṇa tells how the Pāṇḍavas, Kṛshṇa and other heroes of Kurukshetra are born again in Kali Yuga as Ālhā, Udal, Malkhan and Pṛthvīrāja.

Cyavana, Sukanyā and the Aśvins

Cyavana, the princess Sukanyā and the twin Aśvins: how the Aśvins won their share of Soma, told in the Bhavishya, Padma and Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇas.

Durgā Saptaśatī Narratives

Three narratives from the Bhavishya Purāṇa on the three sections of the Durgā Saptaśatī and the grace each one gives.

Kaliṅga Bhadra and Yogalakshmī

A queen dies in the middle of a Kārtika vrata, is born as a goat, then as Yogalakshmī, and reaches moksha through the Mahākārtikī vrata.

Nārada and Sundarī

Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa turns Nārada into the queen Sundarī to show him Vishṇu-māyā, and the teaching ends in a great flood.

Pippalāda and Śani

A lost child grows up under a pīpala tree, is taught by Nārada, brings Śani down from the sky, and is named Pippalāda by Brahmā.

Sāmba Sūrya Upāsanā

Sāmba, son of Kṛshṇa, is cursed by Durvāsa, is healed by Bhagavān Sūrya at Candrabhāgā, and founds the Sūrya kshetra at Mitravanā.

Satrajit and Trivikrama Vrata

King Satrajit learns that his wealth came from serving a Sūrya temple in his past life, and Parāvasu gives him the Trivikrama vrata.

Satyanārāyaṇa Vrata Kathā

Nārāyaṇa teaches Nārada the Satyanārāyaṇa Vrata, and five devotees show what the vrata gives and what neglecting it costs.

Sāvitrī and Satyavān (Bhavishya Purāṇa)

Sāvitrī chooses Satyavān though Nārada says he has one year to live, follows Yama and wins back her husband's life through five varas.

Svarṇashṭhīvi

The Svarṇashṭhīvi is a prince whose saliva turns to gold; Nārada and Parvata quarrel over him, curse each other, and Yama settles the matter.

Vikramāditya and Betāla

In the Bhavishya Purāṇa a servant of Rudra, the Betāla, tells King Vikramāditya stories and asks hard questions; the first is Rūpasena and Vīravara.